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I found this truck parked in a riverside parking area very early one morning last week. The driver could have been asleep in the front seat...I didn't get close enough to find out. This truck symbolizes for me the Spirit of America when times get tough. We have had a lagging economy for over 5 years now, with no end in sight. Some people have lost their jobs, others have had their working hours reduced. The dark clouds overhead are symbolic, but the sun came out later this day. Everyone simply keeps going, making each dollar stretch a bit farther. This truck looks to be in some kind of construction, hauling sharp, heavy things. It is flying the flag, TWO of them! Look closely at the flags...their hems are frazzled from blowing in the wind too much. Obviously the driver cannot afford to replace them. These flags, hard-worn as they are, are beautiful to me. This driver hasn't given up, neither have most Americans. I titled this one "Hard Times", but it is a cheerful picture of people determined to work hard and prevail. Thanks for coming to take a look.
1. This could do well in Photojournalism too - just a thought.
2. The situation you refer to is global by all means. In some areas it is worse and in some slightly better and the areas do not stand for the geographical locations. Professions and industry sectors.
3. I notice one tremendous and vital difference between the Americans and the rest in terms of global economical crisis. While in the other countries the populations faced with hardships turn rebelliously not only against the governments, but to their homelands - namely this is the case in Poland - in the US the people's patriotic attitude seems to grow. This is a special trait and most praiseworthy one too of the Americans.
All right, this will do. Thanks for the uplifting image, dear friend. Good composition here too - apart from the social meaning this image has also a definite artistic appeal. HOWGH
SAM & SAAB