Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Kairos: Anti-War Picture
The photo depicts Seventeen-year-old high school student Jan
Rose Kasmir clasping a daisy and gazing at bayonet-wielding soldiers. The image
was captured by French photojournalist Marc Riboud. Riboud’s photograph was taken during the October
21, 1967 march on The Pentagon, where thousands came to protest against
America’s involvement in Vietnam. On the
same day, the iconic photograph “Flower Power” was taken, by Bernie Boston, which
portrayed a similar scene to that in this photograph. October 21, 1967 began with a rally at the
Lincoln Memorial. Fifty thousand protestors armed with flowers gathered to
protest the war. As the day went on,
however, the protests turned to riots that took days to quell. By the time order was restored, 683 people
had been arrested.
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You did great job explaining what was happening at the exact moment this photograph was taken! However, including more general information about what was going on in the Anti-war movement overall could give some context about why this moment and the surrounding event was so intense and escalated so quickly.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Taylor that you did a good job describing the actual event depicted by the picture. However I believe you could have included a little background information so that we can understand the importance of the picture itself. I also think that you should add hyperlinks to your post because I wanted to look up information about the photographer Kasmir and the "Flower Power" photograph that you referenced. Overall, I believe you were able to successfully explain the Kairos of the picture, although expanding on your concepts could make the post more effective.
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Great post, and excellent comments by Taylor and Micah.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, and excellent comments by Taylor and Micah.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the previous comments that you did a good job of establishing the immediate environment which affected the sentiments of the American public on the Vietnam War. I think that if you can find information on this, it would greatly advance your post by discussing the kairos involved with the photographers themselves. Did the photographers have personal opinions or motives for taking the picture they did and sharing it with others? Overall this was a really good post though, and I think adding hyperlinks to articles about the events could take it to the next level.
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