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Iconic WWII photo to be immortalized in sculpture


Misc CDN | 207595 hits | Jul 23 8:25 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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An iconic photo of a little boy dashing out toward his father as he marches off to war is going to be immortalized on the B.C. street corner where it was taken more than 70 years ago.

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  1. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:29 pm
    I think that it's a fantastic memorial. Let's see more of this sort of thing to keep the history alive when the veterans are all gone.

  2. by avatar martin14
    Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:34 pm
    "The challenge is to re-create a work that is as powerful as the photograph, but in the sense that we're re-addressing it into a new time period," Edwin told CBC news



    :?
    Sounds like they are going to completely mess it up with that revisionist nonsense.

  3. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:22 pm
    "martin14" said
    "The challenge is to re-create a work that is as powerful as the photograph, but in the sense that we're re-addressing it into a new time period," Edwin told CBC news



    :?
    Sounds like they are going to completely mess it up with that revisionist nonsense.


    Indeed. The little boy will be 're-imagined' into a Mohawk, mom will be Jamaican, and dad will be a Sikh. :|

  4. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:55 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    "The challenge is to re-create a work that is as powerful as the photograph, but in the sense that we're re-addressing it into a new time period," Edwin told CBC news



    :?
    Sounds like they are going to completely mess it up with that revisionist nonsense.


    Indeed. The little boy will be 're-imagined' into a Mohawk, mom will be Jamaican, and dad will be a Sikh. :|


    I don't know what your beef is with the Mohawk but they are an authentic warrior culture that has provided a disproportionate number of fighters to every war that North Americans have been involved in. The U.S. Marines were full of Mohawk during Vietnam. They still sign up in large numbers. You could do no better that to "re-imagine" that kid as Mohawk. Mohawk soldiers are the real deal.

    p.s. They didn't wait for Pearl Harbour to go to war.

  5. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:56 pm

    I don't know what your beef is with the Mohawk but they are an authentic warrior culture that has provided a disproportionate number of fighters to every war that North Americans have been involved in. The U.S. Marines were full of Mohawk during Vietnam. They still sign up in large numbers. You could do no better that to "re-imagine" that kid as Mohawk. Mohawk soldiers are the real deal.

    p.s. They didn't wait for Pearl Harbour to go to war.


    I think we'll be fine with the warrior culture depicted in the original photo... not to diminish the others mentioned. :rock:

  6. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:52 pm
    "maldonsfecht" said

    I don't know what your beef is with the Mohawk but they are an authentic warrior culture that has provided a disproportionate number of fighters to every war that North Americans have been involved in. The U.S. Marines were full of Mohawk during Vietnam. They still sign up in large numbers. You could do no better that to "re-imagine" that kid as Mohawk. Mohawk soldiers are the real deal.

    p.s. They didn't wait for Pearl Harbour to go to war.


    I think we'll be fine with the warrior culture depicted in the original photo... not to diminish the others mentioned. :rock:



    Those were callow Canadian farm boys ... my culture.

  7. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:09 pm
    to Bart's point: re-imagining and "modernising" (diversifying the shot to reflect modern day BC) the photo would be a disservice to those that volunteered in the first place and who had to leave their families (wives and children) at home...

  8. by avatar maldonsfecht
    Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:15 pm
    "Jabberwalker" said
    I think that it's a fantastic memorial. Let's see more of this sort of thing to keep the history alive when the veterans are all gone.





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