Title/Reference:
The cart and the car.
Author: G. Arboleda
Image No.: 329
Code No.: D03VIII23-II-02059
Approx. shoot date:
August 23, 2003
Date uploaded:
May 28, 2005
Orig. File Size: 14.4 MB
Original Media: Digital
Filed under:
Material culture Built landscape Vernacular building People Groups Kids Men Showroom Digital 10-20 MB 2003 Colombia Arboleda, G. Bamboos Building ceramics Mud Thatching 19th century architecture
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Place |
Colombia – Cauca Valley department – Campoalegre village, near the town of Andalucía.
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Description |
I got off the car immediately after this picture, to try to get a better framing; but of course the cart had already passed. Then I found however, that the accidental framing the windshield does made the scene more meaningful. There is a kid by the road, looking at how a horse-pulled wagon—a symbol of the old times—passes, while a car, symbol of modern times, awaits its turn.
Some post-oilists would say, however, that it is just the opposite. The horse wagon could be indeed, the symbol of a future era...
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