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"In the interior of Brazil's northeast, children are buried with their eyes open so that they can more easily find the way to the heavens." Crateus, Brazil 1983 (picture and text from Sebastião Salgado's book: An Uncertain Grace page 122)
Some might say this picture is easier on the eyes because it doesn't present poverty, or starvation, or religious persecution--many of the other evident issues in Salgado's work. However, we believe this picture is not because of the unavoidable thoughts that run through your mind as you gaze into the baby's eyes-- it looks as though she is crying. Why?
Is she
dead? What did she
die from? Why are her
eyes open? Who's hand is that next to her
head? Where is she
right now? These pages are created by Jaime Beggrow, Ashley Freeman, Allison
Montgomery, and Leslie McKenzie. We choose this picture because it leads
the reader down many different avenues of thought. In this simple picture
of a baby we discovered issues such as religion, death, life, spirituality, and culture.
In the following links you will read our humble attempt to answer some
of these questions with background information about Brazil, and different
burial traditions. Also, there is a page detailing our group's
interpretation of the photo and finally a page narrating the death of a
child and how it affects the surrounding people. |