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4/14/2008
Clin-ton
Doylestownians wait in the drizzle sunday April 13 to catch a glimpse of Former President Bill Clinton who was in town for a fund raising dinner at Puck. Participants paid as much as $2300 per plate.
I don't like it entirely as a photograph. What I like in this image are the pieces. It's an informative document where separate but relative items supply reason and enjoyment: The boy standing on the trash bin to get a view above the crowd--The young girl sauntering around the edge of the crowd with what looks to be a purse not befitting her age or attire--The tiny cluster of balloons--The neon night-spot sign that indicates something will be happening 'live'--And the moniker of the woman that brought the bustling crowd here, pasted barely visible on a brick wall. Again it's all these pieces (not including the fact that these people couldn't join their beloved candidate because they wouldn't or couldn't afford the dinner). I wish they could have been closer and arranged in more of a picturesque puzzle, but thats not the reality of the scene.
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I don't like it entirely as a photograph. What I like in this image are the pieces. It's an informative document where separate but relative items supply reason and enjoyment: The boy standing on the trash bin to get a view above the crowd--The young girl sauntering around the edge of the crowd with what looks to be a purse not befitting her age or attire--The tiny cluster of balloons--The neon night-spot sign that indicates something will be happening 'live'--And the moniker of the woman that brought the bustling crowd here, pasted barely visible on a brick wall. Again it's all these pieces (not including the fact that these people couldn't join their beloved candidate because they wouldn't or couldn't afford the dinner).
I wish they could have been closer and arranged in more of a picturesque puzzle, but thats not the reality of the scene.
i'm with you
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