yin and yang
yin and yang
Imbalance
Harmony
This photograph was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in October of 2009.
I took this photograph in April of 2005 in Rome, Italy. At the time, I was attending boarding school in
It shows how careless our society can be. This is a perfectly good house, a family
Poland. When Pope John Paul II died that April, it was shocking and tragic, especially for the Polish
could definitely live in it, if everyone were willing to help out a bit. But we
nation, since he was born there. We traveled to the funeral and this is what all of Rome looked like. It was
have become a society where we are not eager to help each other out if it does
amazing to see so many people unite over one man’s death, to see so many people travel for miles on end
not benefit us directly, in some way or form. We are in an economic crisis and
to be around Vatican City at the time of the Mass. While there we slept in buses, tents, everyone helped
houses are being taken away or abandoned. If people mattered as much as
everyone out with food, water and even a shower in a hotel room. As this photo shows, it was a time of
money, houses like this could still be home for the people who lived there.
true love towards God, John Paul II, and each other.
Ania Puciata, 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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crisis and hope
Ania Puciata, 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
yin and yang
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