“Poets have lamented the human propensity
to not appreciate what we have until it’s gone.”
Photographer Dennis Manarchy is currently crowdfunding
for an infinitely worthy project, attempting
to capture and conserve the true essence of culture in America and the
multitude of backgrounds and ethnicities that makeup the world’s most powerful
nation.
Manarchy has built a camera to capture the
faces of America in the most honest way possible; via 24-foot tall images that
are impossible to Photoshop and display incredible amounts of detail. The
camera - “big
enough to house a small apartment” – is 35 feet long, 12 feet tall and 8
feet wide (see below).
The products are beautiful, the purpose
necessary for the conservation of the most unique human quality, regardless of
anyone’s qualms re the nation in question. I’d love to see something like this
in the Arab world.
What would be equally amazing is if
expatriates were considered every bit as part of each nation as it’s indigenous
peoples. I’d love to see my face, as a Jordanian/Australian, used to represent
Qatar – my home. Possible?
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