the soiling of old glory, and the guy in front of the tank. These images have become the trademarks of willpower, of mankind standing up for what is right, for freedom from oppression and tyranny and the like. Who knows, maybe the image I found on flicker above will join the ranks of these heavy hitters, but the startling truth is that this is just one of hundreds of images and videos pouring out of iran via the internet showing brutality and violence against its citizens. Its still hotly debated wether the medium of photography is a medium of honesty, of whether or not a photograph can be taken at face value as truth, but for the last few days these photos and videos are all the proof we have to go on as to what is going on inside that country. The world is watching as this goes on, and though these images are unsubstantiated, we as a collective human community are choosing to believe them and to believe in them.
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