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2008 Australian Human Rights Commission Photo Competition
'Dignity and justice for all of us'
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Shortlist for Under 18 - Male
Photographer: Christoffer Aguilar
Title: Father
Comments:
The photograph shows the rights of a father. In this work, I wanted to tell everyone that women are seen as the home-maker, and the father is seen as the worker. He doesn't see his children as much as his wife does and feels rejected, almost unloved by his children. He feels as though his children have been stripped away from him and that is why he is seated on the far side waiting for his child to sit next to him. This depicts loneliness in a beautiful world, with the cherry blossoms around him and no one apparent in the picture. It is weird to be lonely in a public place, and that is what I also wanted to show.
