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Jennifer Zhou | all galleries >> Galleries >> Grandma and her Brother: Divided Still > We are Family, Shanghai, China, 2005
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14-APR-2005

We are Family, Shanghai, China, 2005

Although the political differences remain, my grandma and her brother are still bonded together -- the same blood flows in their bodies, and as they grow older, they can still love and support each other spiritually. I see them here as walking towards the same place. I hope they eventually can heal the wounds that separate them -- just as I hope that Taiwan and China can someday resolve their differences to become a family once again.

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Puzzlemepuzzle 01-Sep-2005 12:20
Deliberate photo.
Two elders walking separately towards light.
Both face unseen, unable to tell what they see in each other.
Both a little hunched, yet steady.
Releated by blood, divided by opinions.
Under the same roof, on the same floor, distanced by gap.
How will the future be? Unforeseeable.
Anne Young12-May-2005 22:47
Very powerful photos. Thanks for sharing.
Guest 10-May-2005 08:48
I love this picture Jen. You recognize at once the heavy walking mood, tense shoulders and fragility of old people. I think that the backlight and the separation between them makes it even better.
Guest 16-Apr-2005 06:33
Jen, your pictures really invoke the harmony feeling among many Chinese, no matter where they are, in China or Taiwan. You give us a special interpretation about peace, family, and country. Meanwhile, we got your best wishes to the future...
Phil Douglis16-Apr-2005 05:09
****It would be easy to find a moment when the two appear side by side, yet you wisely steer wide of the cliche ending here by continuing your abstract theme. We get the feeling from this image that although he has turned away from her, she seems to be willing to at least seem to want to follow him, in the hopes that there may someday be a reconciliation of beliefs and values between them. This image is a metaphor for the two China's themselves. More than 50 long years have passed since they broke apart from each other. Just as China and Taiwan, these figures are now older and presumably wiser, yet still full of darkness and mystery, unable to bridge the great divide that exists between them.
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