African Choirboys/Albert Jonas and John Xiniwe
§ I haven't blogged in a minute. I felt to share this short piece I've just finished for a Uni writing task - thinking I might expand it a little when I have time. - - - - - - - African Choirboys/Albert Jonas and John Xiniwe, The African Choir; 1891; London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Image ‘You have no control - who lives, who dies, who tells your story’. – Chris Jackon, Who Tells Your Story; Hamilton: An American Musical, Miranda (2015) Two young boys lean on a balustrade, skin glowing in the studio light, faces turned upwards as though contemplating the heavens, the absolute picture of carefree contemplation. This photographic recreation of the two cherubs from Raphael’s Sistine Madonna is both immediately recognisable and very much its own work - an homage to the widely known and celebrated piece that influenced it (see below), and an appealing image in its own right. Raffaello Sanzio Raphael, Two C