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4,000 Americans Dead


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Mosaics With a Message - 4,000 Americans Dead
4,000 Americans Dead
Published: Mar 24, 08
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Views: 3,101

It is becoming a trend using all types of products to create a mosaic.  We have seen examples with used metro tickets, pieces of scrap or what ever inspire people to assemble an artistic object.

In this example, the artists has used 4,000 small photographs of the US soldiers who have fallen in Iraq.  The pictures have been arranged into a portrait of their good-time-having “Commander-in-Chief” and his potential successor.

More words fail me and are not needed. Therefore I solely refer to the words of the creator of this mosaic, Nico Pitney of Huffington Post. “In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us—and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation,” said Pitney.

Click here to see the full (very large) image and gape at the 4,000 faces in silence. When you have downloaded the large image, click to zoom in. It is staggering. Simply staggering

(Note: Since some photos of fallen U.S. soldiers are unavailable, there are duplicates.)

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References:  huffingtonpost

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Lindsey Barnes on Mar 31, 08  1 Trends   21 Comments
Very sad :(
Lindsey Barnes on Mar 31, 08  1 Trends   21 Comments +1
v0rtex on Mar 31, 08  0 Trends   8 Comments
Perhaps it's becoming a trend because it's becoming easier to do - it's easy to find software online to take a folder of images and create a mosaic of another image from it. No skill involved. I can see this trend blowing up for a short duration then quickly becoming passe - like pop art, slogan t-shirts or blue LEDs - all trends which were innovative at their inception but, requiring little skill to replicate, died out quickly.
v0rtex on Mar 31, 08  0 Trends   8 Comments +1
Ayman Helweh on Apr 1, 08  2,236 Trends   2,640 Comments
Right on vortex. I have made many such mosaics using software myself and I ain't no artist for sure. But I think the uniqueness of this one is the message and subject, not the technique. Even if we use a technique that is 2000 years old and very common, it can be a relevant trend if it has a relevant and unique message.
Ayman Helweh on Apr 1, 08  2,236 Trends   2,640 Comments +1
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