TOM CLARK: An intruder (visual language)

A Kashmiri student throws burning sack bag on Indian policemen as they clash in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 15, 2017. The students have been clashing increasingly with government forces across Indian-held Kashmir after troops raided a college in the southern town of Pulwama last month.: photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP, 15 May 2017

Bedouin Stories: photo by Sona Maletz, 29 March 2017

Flower Power: photo by Sona Maletz, 8 April 2017

Where Do The Children Play | by Sona Maletz

Where Do The Children Play: photo by Sona Maletz, 28 March 2017

Made of Stone [Southern Israel]: photo by Sona Maletz, 27 March 2017

A Day at the Beach [Israel]: photo by Sona Maletz, 22 March 2017

Little Paradise [Slovakia]: photo by Sona Maletz, 2 September 2016

The Cousins [Bratislava]: photo by Sona Maletz, 2 October 2016

United States Of Slovakia | by Sona Maletz

United States Of Slovakia: photo by Sona Maletz, 10 June 2016

Suburbia [Slovakia]: photo by Sona Maletz, 4 June 2016

Kolkata 2017: photo by Pau Buscató, 28 January 2017

Banaras 2017: photo by Pau Buscató, 2 March 2017

Kolkata 2017: photo by Pau Buscató, 31 January 2017

Kolkata 2017: photo by Pau Buscató, 19 February 2017

Banaras 2017: photo by Pau Buscató, 1 March 2017

Kolkata 2017: photo by Pau Buscató, 28 January 2017

Oslo 2016: photo by Pau Buscató, 1 June 2016

Oslo 2015: photo by Pau Buscató, 16 May 2015

London 2016: photo by Pau Buscató, 10 July 2016

NYC 2015: photo by Pau Buscató, 8 October 2015

Oslo 2016: photo by Pau Buscató, 1 October 2016

NYC 2015: photo by Pau Buscató, 8 October 2015

Oslo 2015: photo by Pau Buscató, 24 June 2015

Oslo 2016: photo by Pau Buscató, 5 May 2016

London 2016: photo by Pau Buscató, 17 July 2016

London 2016: photo by Pau Buscató, 16 July 2016

NYC: photo by Pau Buscató, c 2015

NYC 2015: photo by Pau Buscató, c 2015

Oslo 2015: photo by Pau Buscató, 21 March 2015

New York 2014: photo by Pau Buscató, 20 August 2014

A demonstrator and boy wearing a helmet and holding a shield, walk on a blocked highway as a barricade burns in the background, during a national sit-in against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 15, 2017. Opposition leaders are demanding immediate presidential elections.: photo by Fernando Llano/AP, 15 May 2017

A demonstrator holds a sign that doubles a shield that reads in Spanish "It's for you," during a national sit-in against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 15, 2017. Opposition leaders are demanding immediate presidential elections.: photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP, 15 May 2017

Under the portraits of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae Ryong looks during a press conference at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2017. Ji says that Pyongyang's test-firing of a ballistic missile over the weekend is part of the country's efforts to develop ways to defend itself against hostile aggression abroad.: photo by Andy Wong/AP, 15 May 2017

An Iraqi special forces soldier peers at Islamic State militant positions, from a house in western Mosul, Iraq, Monday, May 15, 2017.: photo by Maya Alleruzzo/AP, 15 May 2017

An elderly woman is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May. 15, 2017. The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen says a cholera outbreak has killed 115 people over the past two weeks.: photo by Hani Mohammed/AP, 15 May 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the welcome ceremony for the Belt and Road Forum, at the International Conference Center at Yanqi Lake in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2017.: photo by Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool Photo via AP, 15 May 2017

A U.S. Marine Osprey transport aircraft, carrying U.S. troops with relief supplies, prepares to land on a pier to simulate humanitarian assistance to test their readiness in disaster relief efforts at the ongoing joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise at Casiguran township, Aurora province in northeastern Philippines Monday, May 15, 2017. This year's exercise dubbed "Balikatan 2017" or "Shoulder-to-Shoulder" involved air, land and sea assets of U.S. and Philippine militaries to include Ospreys, BlackHawk choppers, Amphibious vehicles and ships but without weapons.: photo by Bullit Marquez/AP, 15 May 2017

Members of the White House Press Corps outside the West Wing.: image via Doug Millls @dougmillsnyt, 15 May 2017

National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. McMaster responds to reports that President Trump Revealed Highly Classified Intelligence to Russia.: image via Doug Millls @dougmillsnyt, 15 May 2017

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer waits to brief reporters at the White House.: image via Doug Millls @dougmillsnyt, 15 May 2017

@realDonaldTrump after signing a proclamation in honor of police memorial week. Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week 2017: image via Doug Millls @dougmillsnyt, 15 May 2017

An intruder (visual language)

I tried to figure out what this kid might be thinking.

He doesn't feel comfortable. An intruder.

He's apprehensive -- curious and watchful, alert

but plainly shying away.

There are signs of ambivalence, uncertainty,

maybe even imminent panic

in the extremely equivocal body language.

Hands clasped as if in fearful prayer

quietly implore, "don't let him hurt me."

His right index finger poking thoughtfully into his cheek

seems to be forcing his gaze back in the direction of danger

while the gentle yet firm hand on his shoulder, the hand of a woman,

countering his natural gesture of recoil,

seems to urge him on --

providing support, reassurance, encouragement, but also impelling him toward

the threat of some dreadful if undefined harm

that may be inescapable.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster walks back to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2017, after speaking to the media.: photo by Susan Walsh/AP, 15 May 2017

A television set is on in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2017.: photo by Susan Walsh/AP, 15 May 2017

President Donald Trump talks with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, gestures before speaking at the 36th Annual National Peace Officers' memorial service, Monday, May 15. 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.: photo by Evan Vucci//AP, 15 May 2017

The White House is lit in blue to honor police officers killed in the line of duty on Monday, May 15, 2017, in Washington.: photo by Susan Walsh/AP, 15 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, billboards advertising a clothing store and vehicles line the Pan-American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. As the cars zoom by on their way to private beaches, people labor in the dusty terrain earning not enough to be able to afford any of the goods advertised on the billboards.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising popsicles stands along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru, Friday, May 5, 2017. In the coastal regions, home to the capital Lima and most of the country's industry, the 2014 poverty rate was 14.3 percent, according to government statistics.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, Alejandro Sanchez carries ice cream for sale, along the Pan American Highway where a billboard advertises a bank, on the south side of Lima, Peru. Sanchez, who came here 30 years ago fleeing civil conflict in his native Andean city of Ayacucho, labors in the dusty terrain. Sanchez, for instance, sells ice cream for some $6 a day.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising a brand of deodorant stands along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising a Mazda sports car stands along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. Standing on the brown, barren landscape, the billboards advertise other products the people living in this area are unlikely to be able to buy or afford.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising the economic magazine "Gestion" reads in Spanish: "Success is my territory. Growing is an obligation," along the Pan American Highway where a vehicle sits abandoned, on the south side of Lima, Peru, Friday, May 5, 2017. Trash is scattered around the area where people live in homes without potable water and adequate public services, menaced by local gangs that invade and traffic in properties.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising sunscreen with a woman sunbathing on a beach stands high above a poor neighborhood of cinderblock shack homes along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru, Friday, May 5, 2017. Wilfredo Ardito, a law professor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru who has studied the country's racism, says that advertising in the Andean nation underscores its great inequalities, showing "the ideal world of happiness in which everyone is white and all of those who are not white have disappeared.": photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, workers eat lunch in the shade of a giant billboard advertising condos for sale, in a poor neighborhood on the south side of Lima, Peru, Friday, May 5, 2017. The billboards advertise glamorous apartments and other luxury items that loom high above impoverished neighborhoods on the highway leading to Peru's Pacific coast and the South American country's wealthy beach communities.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a giant billboard advertising powdered milk reads in Spanish "Feed your incredible power to learn" as it stands on a hill along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. As the cars zoom by on their way to private beaches, people labor in the dusty terrain earning wages so lo that they would hardly be able to purchase any of the goods advertised in the billboards.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a man collects cables for resale, along with other recyclable objects, along the Pan American Highway where a billboard advertises a local airline on the south side of Lima, Peru. Below the billboards are cannibalized cars, piles of used brick and white crosses marking the places where people died along the highway.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising an airline stands along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. The billboards advertise products the people living in this area are unlikely to be able to buy or afford.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a cyclist passes a billboard advertising a restaurant along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. Below the billboards are cannibalized cars, piles of used brick and white crosses marking the places where people died along the highway.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising construction materials stands along the Pan American Highway where a cross marks the spot where someone was killed, on the south side of Lima, Peru. Below the billboards are cannibalized cars, piles of used brick and white crosses marking the places where people died along the highway.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising spring water stands along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. Trash is scattered around the area where people live in homes without potable water and adequate public services, menaced by local gangs that invade and traffic in properties.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, Jose Suarez, from Cucuta, Colombia, moves his wheelchair, decorated with a stuffed animal, along the Pan American Highway lined with billboards advertising rum, lottery and mixed nuts, on the south side of Lima, Peru. Suarez, 58, said he's on a mission to reach Brazil in his wheelchair, after leaving Cucuta in January. The billboard reads in Spanish "Nothing will stop you.": photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

In this May 5, 2017 photo, a billboard advertising a soap brand stands among trash strewn along the Pan American Highway on the south side of Lima, Peru. Wilfredo Ardito, a law professor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru who has studied the country's racism, says that advertising in the Andean nation underscores its great inequalities, showing "the ideal world of happiness in which everyone is white and all of those who are not white have disappeared.": photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 5 May 2017

Sandboarding in one of the most beautiful places. #mexico #theotherJuarez: image via Melissa Lytle @melissalytle, 7 May 2017

Un caballo blanco #mexico: image via Melissa Lytle @melissalytle, 11 May 2017

Prison volleyball #guachochi #mexico: image via Melissa Lytle @melissalytle 12 May 2017

Prisoners show respect when a visitor enters their cell. #guachochi #mexico: image via Melissa Lytle @melissalytle 13 May 2017

The visual anthropologist in me loved discovering that teenagers of all backgrounds like to hang out in gas station. These Mennonite girls are no exception. Helena Fehr and her best friends walk from her house to the Pemex, where they wait for the boys in their community to take them for a ride. They're called "parties", and when asked, most couples said they met at a party or on the street, both synonymous for this teen rite of passage. #mexico #menonitas: image via Melissa Lytle @melissalytle 15 May 2017

A man walks in front of an advertisement for a personal computer in Tokyo, Monday, May 15, 2017.: photo by Koji Sasahara/AP, 15 May 2017

2 comments:

Skip Fox said...: The boy is right, as though his body knows. There's no waking from this, no soft landing.; 16 May 2017 at 06:06
TC said...: True dat alas, Skip. The turbulence is rocking the hull. A hollow solidity everywhere, skull echoes of what absolute foreknowledge probably holds, catacombs, boneyards of the not yet quite conscious, lucky to not yet know what we do not yet know.; 16 May 2017 at 08:31

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