Jill Greenberg
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Jill Greenberg’s ‘End Times’ is a series of photographs of children crying. Rendered to perfection, the dewy-skinned, bare-chested, desperate-eyed vulnerability of her subjects is aimed at our hearts. The message, however, is aimed at our minds: ‘It’s as if they (the Christian right as a political force) believe the apocalyptic End Time is near, therefore protecting the earth and the future of our children is futile. As a parent I have to reckon with the knowledge that our children will suffer for the mistakes our government is making. Their pain is a precursor of what is to come’.
4 comments
Suzanne Marije Thursday 31 January 2008
Wow! these are great, my complements it almost hurst to look at them
Heather Thursday 31 January 2008
I’m not a fan of her work at all. I won’t go into how I disagree with routinely causing children to cry (though I am fully aware she took candy away from them to cause the tantrums). I WILL say that I think the pictures are entirely too photoshopped.
Oh well. Just an opinion.
null Friday 1 February 2008
stop this b.s. about blaming the government. we ALL need to take the blame individually and start actively doing something about it.
the photos are interesting, but I also agree with heather too… lol
Marck Friday 1 February 2008
HDR photography over the top, pathetic reason to abuse children. This hyper-realism feels fake and makes the message cliché and not sincere. It doesn’t reach my heart, well probably not the way it was ment to. It annoys me. Cheap BS trick. The accusation may be right, this is not the way to fight it. Grumpy me