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11/17/2005 04:06:55 PM · #1 |
... today we're launching our "Face America" photo petitionĂ¢€”calling on Congress to literally look us in the eye and do the right thing.
We're aiming to collect thousands of photos of ordinary Americans with homemade signs ...
//www.flickr.com/photos/moveon/tags/faceamerica/
WARNING: MoveOn.org is a "liberal" organization, opposed to many policies of the current US administration.
This thread is not to discuss those policies or the objections to them -- it is to discuss the photographs submitted, and maybe the idea of presenting a petition this way.
If you want to either support or criticize the the policies which are the subject of the project, please create a Rant thread for the purpose. |
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11/17/2005 04:23:01 PM · #2 |
This is a great idea for a petition, IMO, it adds a bit of character to the whole thing. Wasn't there a 'not in my name' campaign similar to this?
2 things I would note: the photos with locations on them might speak out more to individual congress-people, and though flickr is a great way to collect the photos, it'd be nice to see this on a website of it's own, with a gallery better suited to showing off the images. (I'm personally not too fond of flickr's set up anyway...) (-: |
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11/17/2005 06:47:20 PM · #3 |
| I have to admit, the idea of there being faces instead of the usual lines of names makes more of an impact. I wonder if more petitions will adopt this method. |
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11/17/2005 08:13:00 PM · #4 |
| I thought this photograph was the best by far of the set I scanned through. It tells a story without the need for titles - One of my aims is to be able to tell stories like this in photos only. |
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11/17/2005 09:55:54 PM · #5 |
Interesting, some of the messages were to be expected but I think they should be putting places or districts up with the shots and then forward it to their congressperson and senators. Maybe I should put this one up of James: 
with the message:
You already stole my future now you want to steal my present as well? |
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11/17/2005 10:00:12 PM · #6 |
| I agree with Rob. That two homeless fellows sitting under the Safeway and BOA signs is an absolutely poignant image. |
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