squee: I merely point out this picture is lie. It has nothing to do with the Trayvon shooting, not one thing..
When looked at as allusion, it has much to do with the zimmerman/trayvon case. The imagery is the thing, not that skittles weren't really being offered, or that zimm wasn't in the kkk & he allegedly has no racist background.
I can count 7 different points in this picture that bear as much truth to the ESTABLISHED facts as this does to a random individuals wedding photos.
Reminds me of the newspaper challenge, find the slight differences in two drawings which appear identical at first (bow tie v. long tie etc). Except you just have to find 7 things, which could be the same for a wedding photo or something.
Ok, here I go
1. Torn US flag revealing confederate stars & bars.
2. young boyish black child.
3. above offering skittles
4. armed white 'guard(?) with kkk hood
5. Gun aimed at boy (but isn't it established fact?) - the imagery is that zimm - with shoulder badge - was 'on patrol' armed)
6. (guess) hoodie on black child?
That's all I come up with, tho you could separate a couple, like 'white guard' & 'kkk hood'.
Or two flags. Guard 'standing his ground' as boy offers candy? I see little to do with the guard's belt, but?
How'd I do? Lot's of famous art has to do with imagery. Not that this will end up 'famous art', but the allusion to what occurred is there.
One of my favorite paintings is imagery, called maybe 'the stages of life' by thomas hardy iirc, at the wash DC art gallery - has 4 separate paintings traveling the 'river of life', from birth to death.