Tribute to an angel
The way to heaven
The first photograph was taken on October 2nd 2015 on Edouard
Michelin Avenue in Clermont-Ferrand. We took this picture without any effects, directly in front of the subject. It shows a graffiti tribute to a boy called Wissam El-Yamni
who was killed by accident by a policeman. When we took the picture, we felt
touched, curious, cold and astonished. We heard many cars because it was on the
side of a street. We called this picture “Tribute
to an angel” because of the manslaughter of this young boy. It's a black
and white graffiti. We can see an old man, who seems worried, holding a young, naïve-looking,
boy with long black hair. We also see the slogan "Vérité, justice" on
the left; this means that Wissam's family wants to know the truth about what
really happened. "Wissam" is written on the right. This beautiful
work of art is by Vinci Vince.
The second photo was taken on October 9th 2015 on Victory Square
in Clermont-Ferrand. We took this low-angle shot of the cathedral's west front without any effects. There were people all around.
We felt good, warm and happy. It was a sunny day and it put us in a good mood. We chose to entitle this picture “The way to heaven”. This church was built by Hugues de la Tour in the 13th
century. The architect was Jean Deschamps. For us, it's a religious building
with a beautiful and pure architecture.
The common title of these two pictures is “A tribute to an innocent man” because, though there is a contrast in
scale, both pictures show how people express their pain for someone who has
disappeared: the graffiti is a tribute to Wissam, the cathedral commemorates Christ.
A city’s public art and great buildings give the city its “colour”, its particular character. A cityscape is surely largely defined by its memory space (“lieux de mémoire” in French), that is: places that make us remember people and events that were (and often remain) important for us, the inhabitants. They are often calm places where we can go to remember and to feel better.
A city’s public art and great buildings give the city its “colour”, its particular character. A cityscape is surely largely defined by its memory space (“lieux de mémoire” in French), that is: places that make us remember people and events that were (and often remain) important for us, the inhabitants. They are often calm places where we can go to remember and to feel better.
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