Loud Thoughts at the Prince Albert Memorial : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Loud Thoughts at the Prince Albert Memorial / Giles Watson's poetry and prose
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w1LkfgE0qALoud Thoughts at the Prince Albert MemorialIt’s always an awkward moment:some enthusiast at a gameI cannot fathom wavesa Union Jack. I think ofAmritsar, the Irish Famine,concentration camps filledwith twenty-seven-thousandBoers, and English boyslining up for bayonetsand the Somme.And there you are, plinthedand magnificent, surmountedby pinnacles of gold, as camels – symbolising Africa –endure the English weather,Asian elephants prostratethemselves under nubiletopless wenches, a bisonbows his head besidethe Noble Savage, as thoughBuffalo Bill was never born,and Europa does her bestalthough it’s all a load of bull.And still you gaze across the fugof London, your eyes ablazewith zeal for British industry,British religion, British disease,bearing dutifully the White Man’sBurden, and doing it allso beautifully. Times haven’tchanged. They’re still doinga roaring trade inUnion Jacks. Look:can you see the CrystalPalace burning down?Poem by Giles Watson, 2012.More pictures below. |
| 撮影日 | 2003-01-26 21:57:15 |
| 撮影者 | Giles Watson's poetry and prose , Oxfordshire, England |
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| 撮影地 | London, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S5000 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/550) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.6 |