Week 8 Blog Natalia Anciso

While watching Roxanne Morrison present, all her photos were so intriguing and interesting, but one specifically really caught my eye. She presented on the works of Natalia Anciso, and my favorite piece was “Don’t Shoot.” I really liked all her pieces for many reasons. Firstly, I really like the messaged portrayed in all her images. Secondly I really enjoyed the way she has her pieces colored. Its very faint, and simple, yet so eye catching. In this picture we see a young boy, who truthfully in my eyes looks to be no older than ten years of age, surrendering to this military men. These officers are dressed and geared up for war with their masks, helmets, bullet proof vests, and heavy fire arms. The police are so focused on their task to “take down” the target of interest; they have lost sight that it is simply a little boy standing in front of them. It reminds me of the many cases of police mistreating innocent citizens.  Although this photo is black and white, with the exception of the flowers, it also brings to light how dark skinned citizens deal with innocently being either arrested or murdered due to their skin color. This boy is posing no threat to the much larger, well equipped police men, yet its as if their finger is about to pull the trigger.  She also, vey creatively, meshed the police taping with the flowers almost like a wreath around the boy, to honor those innocently murdered by the wrongdoing of the police.