Ruth, .. well seen. I think this image also exposes OUR preconceived notions of what it means to be a monk. We would not think twice if, on a London or N.Y. street we saw a minister of religion with a camera taking photos. WE bring to everything we do and see our own construction of reality. For, me, I see this kind of image every day so it holds no special place. It reminds me of the time I saw these tough 'bikies' climb off their bikes and straight on to their mobile phones. Incongruous yes but not unexpected. Great gallery KMc
No sooner than I likened your monk at the postcard rack to your tourist digitizing the Mona Lisa, than I come up on this marvelously incongruous image that carries the previous image, and my analysis of it, one step further. Now we see the spiritual becoming the temporal, in all of its digital glory. What you hinted at in the very first image in this gallery -- the monk in the amulet market -- becomes a full blown satirical Hansonian comment.
You are telling us that you can take a vow of poverty and still enjoy the benefits of a Canon G5 at the same time.
The best here for incongruity. I also like the way the perspective makes it look like he is looking at us not the camera. I would call it a photographic memory.
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