Friday, May 13, 2011

Smoky Trees

Smoky Trees

Photograph by Cabell Cox

On a recent trip to a small town on the Brazilian/Bolivian border, I found this man tending a burning field of debris and vegetation. Something as mundane as this may seem like a daily, necessary chore to one man, while offering a symbolic portrait of tranquil repose to another.

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