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04-SEP-2005

Family Plot, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005

The haunting Mirogoj is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Europe. Some say Zagreb's former citizens buried here are better housed in death than they ever were in life. The small figure of the child is the focal point of this image. To make it contrast to the overall scene, I spot-metered on its brilliant white marble and everything else in the image falls into the shadows behind it. The cemetery itself thereby becomes context for the poignant sculpture of the child.

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Phil Douglis08-Oct-2005 00:25
The man's life is etched in the dates on that tombstone. He was born the year after the murder in Sarajevo started World War I, and he lived to see Croatia become an independent country. It is fitting that the image of a child looks over his grave -- alive or dead, the child is a metaphor for what comes next.
Tim May05-Oct-2005 17:47
What are the achievements of life. This image seems to capture that. First of all Dr. Petak achieved academic success. Not only that, he was born during WWI and survived WWII and both Nazi and Russian occupation. And finally lived through the most recent Croatian wars - the span of his life is enough. Yet. he is surrounded but what I project are his relatives - but the most vital part of this image is the child, the future. He seems to have successfully projected his line into the future.
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