Victim Of Art

When I take photographs, I know it is easy to get carried away, and that there is a moment when it stops being ok, to take a photo. I have talked subjects into letting me take thier photos, or actually charmed them. But that is not always the case. 6/21/2004
The Photographer set up his Tripod,
With the fancy box camera on top,
In the very early morn,
On the Riverfront.
There was a cold breeze
That bit hard
Into whatever Flesh it could touch.
And he pointed his camera
At the person who lay sleeping,
Or sleeping it off,
On the ravaged public Bench.
Dressed in old stained sweats,
A couple of layers of t-shirts and
Socks and knitted mittens,
With a large woolen over coast to top it off,
They lay sleeping, oblivious and tore back.
The Photo grapher was very pleased.
The light was just right.
The dark circles under their eyes,
Every crack and crevice of their worn out body,
Every pustule, was captured, in all their gory glory.
To be developed, printed and mounted for the world,
when this suffering person, a victim of the world,
Would now become a victim of the art world.
The subject went on sleeping,
As the Photographer silently packed up,
Moved on and started to think,
Of how much money this one going to make for him.

Deborah Coss, has been writting since 8 years old, getting published off and on since 15, and finally realized her child hood dream, of carrying press credentials, working for womanmotorist.com. A diverse writer, publishnig several business type sites, she now publishes her own site, 1kindthing.com, creates some fine arts, and loves photography, commenting she is a social portraiture Photographer and prefers the medium of black and white. In art, she has a very constructionist attitude, and enjoys making masks, and other 3 dimensional objects. On a personal side, she survived an extremly violent childhood, some serious trauma, including being crushed by a car at age 3 and half. Thus, her site 1kindthing.com, tells of overcoming hardships, in her many styles of writing. She is a baby boomer, raised in Southern California, bi-lingual in Spanish, descened from French, German, English and American Indian bloodlines. Coss finds words fun, and communication an art

Author:: Deborah Coss
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