Confederate Ghost through a Lens of Leaves Number 2
by Aberjhani
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Confederate Ghost through a Lens of Leaves Number 2
Artist
Aberjhani
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Paintings And Photography
Description
The CONFEDERATE GHOST THROUGH A LENS OF LEAVES photography series started out as a simple attempt to frame the soldier atop the Confederate Monument in Savannah’s Forsyth Park within the branches of nearby oak trees. I was first inspired with this idea during the Savannah Jazz Festival in the park back in September (2023), and again a couple of weeks later during the Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Phil up the Park” music concert in the same location. While processing the images, I was stunned by how alive, or sometimes ghostly, the soldier’s face looked in some of them.
For the time being, the image made available on Fine Art America (as Halloween and other holidays happen to be approaching) are simply numbered. Of those posted, the image of the soldier’s face is visible in number 3. The following is a brief description of each:
NUMBER 1) This is a square formatted print with a black silhouette of the full bronze body of the soldier behind branches of leaves against a sepia background.
NUMBER 2) This is another full body shot but with outlined facial features. The spectral gray silhouette stands with a mixture of pride and humility. He is framed by a black background with a branch of silvery-gray leaves and Spanish moss hanging to his left (viewer’s right), and a shower of explosions to his right (viewer’s left).
NUMBER 3) This third image in the Confederate Ghost through a Lens of Leaves series is a color print in which the face of the soldier is seen most clearly while simultaneous framed through a thick tangle of vines, leaves, branches, and Spanish moss.
Anyone interested in checking out writings by me on the Confederate Monument is invited to check 2 short online articles by me titled: “Re-envisioning the Confederate Monument as a portrait of diversity” (at Connect Savannah.com); and, “Surrealistic Poetics of Jazz and the Confederate Monument” (at Bright Skylark Lit Prods).
Aberjhani
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October 27th, 2023
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