98- LONG LIVE LIBERTY! Photo

Photographer’s Note

I went into my picture box today, as I had to find a photo which would suit the great victory won by Barack Obama.
This is the one I chose, because this statue really represents the American Dream for Freedom, Equality and all Human Rights. Unfortunately, for the last few years, we wondered what had become of the American Dream!
Well, today, it is more real than ever! Who could have dreamt in 1956, when Rosa Parks initiated the bus boycott in Alabama, that 52 years later, one of her peers would become the Presidednt of this great country!...
I also read in the news this morning that 78% of the French people would have voted for Barack! So, with this in mind, I think that the Statue of Liberty is, amongst other things, a symbol of Franco-American Friendship.

It was conceived and built by the Alsacian sculptor "Bartholdi" for the statue itself (He used his mother as a model.) and by the famous engineer "Eiffel" for the inside frame. It was offered to the US as a sign of friendship in 1886, 10 years after the supposed date which would have commemorated the 100th anniversary of the American independence, for which the French had given their help.
However, the governments had nothing to do with it. All the money came from private funding; and as they could not raise enough, Bartholdi made a suggestion to the Parisian firm "Gaget & cie": Why not make miniature statues of liberty, and sell them, in order to raise funds?
No sooner said than done: The enterprise was a great success on each side of the Atlantic, and the Americans called the miniatures "gadgets" after the name of the makers. The word is used nowadays for any object which is small and new.
The Statue was built and carried across thanks to French financing, and the Americans raised the money for the building of the pedestal and the erection of the statue.

Long live Franco-American friendship! Long live friendship in the world between Blacks and Whites, Africans, Indonesians, Christians, Muslims...
Barack, you have been elected, but people put so much hope in you, you have a VERY difficult task in front of you!
However, Bartholdi and his American partners "didn't know their task was impossible; that's why they did it!" (Mark Twain)
well, we think the same applies to you Barack!

Sorry about the quality of the picture! It's a scan from 2005. But I really wanted to post it as a symbol!
The photo was taken during a boat trip on the Hudson river round Manhattan.

papagolf21, cfreire, fanni, vbbreizh, JCG, jlbrthnn, Charo, Vasa, touristdidi, giorgimer, xuaxo, manatee, berek, josepmarin has marked this note useful

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cfreire (11647) 2008-11-05 13:08

Hola MarieLouise,
Una homenage muy bienvenida para esa vitoria del pueblo americano, y no podría haber sido mejor la imagen que has elejido para eso momento histórico. Saludos cordiales, Consuelo

papagolf21 (56251) 2008-11-05 14:27

Bonsoir, chère Marie-Louise,
Que de souvenirs ressurgissent en voyant cette jolie composition ! voyage de noces en 1970 (New-York et le Canada) !
La numérisation n'a pas trop endommagé la composition.
Une bien jolie image !
Amitiés.
Philippe

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fanni (8735) 2008-11-05 23:22

Bonjour MarieLouise,
regardless of the political context of this post, I must say that it's a very nice composition. The image looks rather bright, and I suppose that the (almost) white colour of the sky comes from the position of the sun (judging by the shadows it was a sunny day, despite the still visible clouds in the sky). I know it's difficult sometimes to scan photos. Anyway, this one arouses good elevated mood, what's most important :)
Best regards,
Elena

angie-barcelona (1847) 2008-11-06 14:02

Hola MarieLouise,

una fotograía con mucho simbología... empieza una nueva etapa, sin duda!

Un abrazo,

Gemma

vbbreizh (2622) 2008-11-07 3:02

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Jolie image et surtout joli clin d'oeil à cet homme porteur de tant d'espoir pour le monde entier...
Une élection qui relève du miracle, mais qui surtout traduit semble-t-il, une réelle volonté de changement.
On y croyait plus...wait and see !
Amitiés, Gilles

mauro61 (15304) 2008-11-08 1:26

ciao MarieLouise,
scatto dal forte contrasto e figura che si staglia bene contro il cielo.
Immagine che fa sempre piacere rivedere, brava
buona giornata
maurizio

JCG (25207) 2008-11-08 10:47

Bonsoir, de Bretagne, Marie-Louise,

Ne t'excuses pas sur la qualité de l'image, je la regarde sur l'écran de mes parents et j'aime beaucoup l'effet aquarelle que cela rend d'autant que tu as bénéficié d'une belle lumière le jour où tu as pris cette photo. Effectivement un monument symbole qui justifie, grâce à cette élection haut la main de Obama, toute sa raison d'être et espérons fermement que le changement sera réel pour "tous" les américains... je n'en doute pas...

Avec toutes mes amitiés et un très bon WE,

Jean-Charles

jlbrthnn (37749) 2008-11-09 3:11

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Très belle prise de ce monument symbolique, et dont l'origine et la réalisation peuvent susciter quelque fierté. La qualité de l'image est évidente. Félicitations pour la photo, mais aussi pour la note.
Bon dimanche
Amicalement
Joël

francio64 (10878) 2008-11-11 16:08

Ciao MarieLouise,
mi piace molto la scelta del tuo POV per fotografare la famosa Statua della Libertà!

La prospettiva è davvero grande!

Complimenti!
Francesco

toto (18703) 2008-11-11 22:40

Bonjour,
belle photo de cette grande dame que l' on voit de loin, qui attire le regard, qui porte la flame des Américains, qui a échappé aux terroristes,qui a été des milliard de fois mis en boite.
Cette fois ci j' ai pu la regarder, l' inspecté l' admirrer, je vous remercie de ce partage.

Amitiés Thomas

Charo (31665) 2008-11-12 13:33

Bonsoir MarieLouise,
Très bonne vue d'ensemble de la célèbre statue. Assez bonne qualité d'image à scanner avec une belle lumière et les couleurs.
Cordialement,
Charo

stego (22350) 2008-11-13 10:12

Salut Marie Louise,
Bien qu'elle n'est pas parfaite techniquement (la compression excessive semble d'être la cause de la netteté moins bonne et il y a trop de rose/magenta), c'est une photo que plait les yeux et est très bien choisi par une française qui veut saluer le nouveau président américain.
Amicalement, José.

UlfE (8965) 2008-11-15 10:40

Hi MarieLouise,

It a really good shot of the statue of the liberty. The lighting conditions are perfect even if the sky looks rather cloudy. You could actually see every detail of the statue. TFS and have a nice evening!

Cheers,

Ulf

marcan44 (3183) 2008-11-15 15:58

Ciao Marie Louise,bellissima foto che mostra in tutta la sua imponenza e bene hai fatto a postarla perche anche in occasione delle elezioni americane rimane il simbolo della democrazia e libertà del popolo americano e bene hai fatto ad evidenziare che i francesi hanno dato molto a questa nazione sin dai tempi di La Fayette fino ad arrivare all'ingegnere Eiffel cui si deve la struttura di questo monumento.
Grazie della bella condivisione!
Un caro saluto
Mario

P.S. Mi sono accorto adesso che non posso darti il punteggio ma so che non badi a queste cose e quello che ti interessa di più è ricevere un contributo o uno scambio di idee.
Una buona notte

Vasa (5454) 2008-11-22 16:48

Chere Marie Luise,

Cette photo a une ecriture technique interessante et je l'ai contemple attentivement. Belle experience meme si elle etait surexposee.

Elle est de meme une belle excuse que je continue mon monoglogue francophone et pour te donner tout mon soutient sur ce que tu me disais lors de ta derniere Replay.

Francophilament a toi

Branko

clic (4063) 2008-11-26 10:31

Bonjour Marie Louise
Veuillez excuser mon retard pour réagir à votre dernier commentaire.
Je viens de lire sur Google que la couronne de Lady Liberty est interdite aux visiteurs depuis le fameux 11 septembre; l'escalier qui y mène serait trop étroit pour une évacuation rapide!
Belle résolution sur ce monument dont l'ossature a été réalisée par Gustave Eifffel.
Amicalement.
Robert

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giorgimer (21070) 2008-12-16 0:35

Salut MarieLouise,

anche se la qualità non è perfetta, trovo la tua nota molto interessante e significativa. Ho molta fiducia nel nuovo Presidente.

Buona fortuna!

Gio

xuaxo (5703) 2008-12-27 15:27

Bonsoir, Marie-Louise,
Bonne hommage à la victoire d'Obama.
Le ciel est trop blanc, mais j'aime la lumière sur le monument de Madame Liberté.
Amitiés,
Francisco

bracasha75 (22017) 2008-12-28 12:11

Helo Marie
Long live liberty all around the Globe
Great gift from France for USA
TFS
Salut,Braca
Jeux Noel

manatee (4279) 2009-02-03 23:52

Exelent picture I like the vintage style you did it. I like the colors too, the angle and the contrast
I like the note too is very interesting and Im sure all the world is agree with you.

Very very nice I like it

Have agrate day

berek (28871) 2009-04-21 20:19

Hi Maria&Luise
Great statue . I can see all part this magnificent details. well framed picture.
thanks for interesting and useful note my friend.
Greetings.
Burak

josepmarin (33785) 2009-06-01 11:59

Hola MarieLouise,
buen homenaje a la victoria de Obama, Miss Liberty es un verdadero símbolo de la libertad y de la democracia.
Tomaste esta foto unos dos meses antes que la que yo he presentado, pero ésta la has escaneado porque debía ser una foto en papel.
Este proceso siempre hace perder calidad respecto a la foto original, pero no disminuye el interés gráfico de tu trabajo.
La nota es exhaustiva y con muy buena información.
Bonito trabajo, muy completo.
Un abrazo,
Josep
PS: yo estaba en NY cuando Rosa Parks falleció, y las banderas estuvieron a media asta durante aquellos días, como puedes comprobar en algunas de mis fotos.

Photo Information

Copyright: MarieLouise Davies (maloutim) (3943)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-16
Categories: Ceremony
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): At My featured photos, Processed from film or prints, Xuaxade [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-11-05 11:05