Civil Rights/Photographs

I thought it was neat looking at all of these photographs. I have always thought photography/photographers were so neat. They have the ability to take things that seem so simple or so subtle or even so forgotten and turn them into incredibly fascinating sites. Who thought moss could be so fascinating on tree bark in the rain. Or the peep hole of a door and the incredibly tiny part of earth right outside of it.

Some of the old black and white photos of the black people/families was really neat (no I do not feel bad for saying black instead of African-American. Thats dumb). I am not creative enough to find special meaning in these however it is so interesting to me to see old pictures, see how they dressed, how the landscape was, and what life was like.

I also really like the family in front of their house (10 people including the kids) holding two banjos and a guitar. My first thought is that they must be from the South/Appalachian area. It is wild to see how different life was back then yet at the same time how similar things still are. Families still gather. Families still take pictures together. I think the non-black and white pictures are not nearly as neat.