Wednesday, July 1, 2009

You Capture - Photographer's Choice

Beth's challenge this week was photographer's choice. There are lots of lovely choices to see. My choice was a face......




























The face is Aung San Suu Kyi. She is the elected leader of Burma. She has been under house arrest for 14 years. The military dictatorship refuses to give up power. It's not good there. To learn more you can go here. To download the mask, you can go here.





25 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE THIS!! Thanks for the links! I'm headed over now.

Bacardi Mama said...

I love this. What a great idea. What is driving me crazy is I can't figure out who everyone is, but my favorite is Natty Pants. Great captures.

The Animator's Wife said...

Great post... and I will remember that face!

Diane said...

very cool thing to do! awesome post!

Michelle Simpson Photos said...

How creative!

Jessica Monte said...

I'm smiling, :-) This was so funny and creative too. How'd you get everyone to collaborate? My family now turns away when I pull out my camera. Darn!

Unknown said...

What a fantastic idea...I am still giggling! Xx

Valerie said...

Great way to get a serious word out! Thanks for sharing!

Jessi said...

This is very interesting. Thanks for the links. It looks like you used some strangers as well? So many people get such fantastic shots of strangers but I just don't have the nerve to ask. I have been thinking that I need an "interesting strangers" challenge or something :)

Alicia @ Chronicles Of A Busy Mind said...

Love this; what a great way to bring knowledge of this situations who did not know what has been going on! Through pictures.

Anonymous said...

So creative! What a great idea.....thank you for sharing the information!

{krista} said...

What a creative capture. Very cool.

Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me said...

What a wonderful idea!!

Jenni said...

What a great idea and a wonderful way to spread awareness. I had a student from Burma last year, and she told me all kinds of stories from her family's life there (before escaping to the US). It's a bad, bad situation.

Unknown said...

how funny!

Unknown said...

Wow. Very creative way to send out an important message.

Vanessa said...

Great shots!

Heart2Heart said...

Great way to spread a great idea and inspire others in a very unique and creative way.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

swonderful said...

Wow-- how very cool of you to think to do this.

Unknown said...

These are fun! What a cool idea.

Prairie Lady said...

Wow powerful. You made us laugh and taught us also

Great captures.

Anonymous said...

way to go - i'm real inspired and impressed by your creativity - this was such a great idea and so funny too - especially since i know half the people in these photos - great idea to show people in very different surroundings!

ZDub said...

Great idea!

Jacki said...

Awesome interpretation!

Unknown said...

Wow. That was fabulous! And the cajones you must have to ask all these seemingly random people to let you snap their photo, albeit behind a mask. I'm a little late catching up on all the You Captures this week, but what a great message that you're getting out!