Coming To America

ComingToAmerica

10 Responses to “Coming To America”

  1. Thom says:

    Like the bow of a ship, heading straight for land! Very cleverly composed.

  2. Michelle says:

    Perspective is everything.

  3. Bruce says:

    Very cool shot, Ellen! I like the old ship feeling but equally interesting is the graffiti that speaks to the newer America.

  4. Simone says:

    Love this shot – especially the angles and lines, as well as the graffiti and the placement of the figure! Very urban and yet so reminiscent of earlier journeys. Well done 🙂

  5. Jacqueline says:

    I love the tensions in this composition: the space vs. the crowding of the buildings, graffiti as an artistic expression vs. the defacing of public spaces. Nice!

  6. Bernice says:

    A clever title for a clearly composed photograph. The contrast between the rigid lines of the architecture and the quirky graffiti is especially nice.

  7. ellen says:

    It’s actually a sculpture of a boat prow that is a 1997 art project meant to memorialize the former Roosevelt Island boat landing. But with someone standing at the very tip, all I could think of was the immigrant ships coming to this country at the turn of the 20th century.

  8. Jan says:

    The immigrants sailing to their new country must have felt so alone, like this person on the boat.

  9. ellen says:

    I imagine they felt alone and lost in a crowd all at the same time.

  10. Anne says:

    I believe that graffiti is done by people who don’t have a place to call their own. Perhaps the voyagers on the “ship” are looking for a home in New York. Great pic.

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