Freedom of Speech (by sτενεωooδroω)

My friend Timothy Dick made this image back in 2004 or 2005, when he was working in/near Seattle, I think. Similar to something we used to do in art class back in junior high, it started with finding a great image from National Geographic magazines of years gone by. Then you’d look for some advertising copy or another interesting phrase that would make for an interesting juxtaposition. Et voilà.

When Tim returned to Winnipeg, he had a number of these taped onto the door to his room, and was running out of space for them, which is how I ended up with this one — one of the best, in my opinion. Reflecting upon this image more recently, I find it even more powerful. The young, patriotic boy representing innocence and the uncompromising ideals of America’s fundamental rights, contrasted with the glued-on advertising copy, easily a statement from authorities and governments about the tenability of those fundamental rights when fighting a war on terror. I don’t know if this hit me back then, but it does now.

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