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20-SEP-2011

Life goes on, Checa, Ecuador, 2011

This small town’s cemetery lies on its periphery, farm animals grazing just beyond its makeshift chain-link fence. I juxtapose a long untended grave on one side of that fence, with a pig feeding on farmland just a few feet away. The image symbolizes the fact that life continues to be lived, even in the constant presence of death itself.

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Guest 21-Sep-2023 23:40
I think it means
Phil Douglis10-Dec-2011 00:09
Life and death are intertwined. We begin to die as soon as we are born. Thanks for the observation, Iris.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)09-Dec-2011 01:35
People living in war zones (whatever the war zone may be) can certainly relate to the symbolism you portrayed in this image.....life goes on "even in the constant presence of death".
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