Yesenia Ruiz
John Shaw "Fenceline and Broom Sedge"
1991, Nikon 80-200mm zoom lens, Fujichrome 50
I have picked this photo because a suttle awe feeling came upon me after staring for a while. I see a fence, and it fascinates me how much power human gives to these creations. We divide land as if its ours. The idea of creating barriers, to own, unclaimable land with only barbwire and wooden sticks reminds me of child's play. I see that we are territorial and that we have not learned to simply share the land we stand on, but rather we have learned to create lines to distance our self from one another. We create different worlds within borders. Sadly this is my normal.
