Friday, June 01, 2007

Army Of One



It was only after I paid this man for my cola and biscuits that the U.S. Army tag on his jumper caught my eye.

There I was at a rest stop in the middle of the sandstone valley of Petra, Jordan, eye to eye with a Bedouin nomad wearing the uniform of the world's superpower. There was something oddly mismatched, yet natural, about an Army uniform and a traditional Arab "kefiyeh" headscarf.

Tradition. Globalism.

I knew I had to photograph this man.

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As a side note, I am going to enter this photo in a competition and the rules require that I tell the story behind the photograph. If what I wrote above just doesn't do it for you and you think it can be improved, please, please let me know. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

9 Comments:

At 9:22 AM, June 02, 2007 , Blogger Capt. Fogg said...

I think it's worth a thousand words as-is.

 
At 9:24 AM, June 04, 2007 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great flick. How do you get them to pose?

I think you have to say WHY it's oddly mismatched.

Big J

 
At 11:13 AM, June 08, 2007 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great photo; solid caption; brilliant title. I think the tradition-globalism line is off though.

The mismatch (irony) i see is better captured as resistance-imperialism; tradition-modernity; indigeneity-colonialism, etc (I'm partial to the first).

The kuffiyah is more of a symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli oppression then it is of traditional Palestinian living. The jumper is more of a symbol of American imperialism and oppression (by extension, Israeli) then it is of globalization.

 
At 11:32 AM, June 08, 2007 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

ps. 'I knew I had to photograph this man' is a little on the hokey side

abu sahara

 
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