Monday, September 12, 2011

News You Can Use! - Photo Analysis

http://www.acus.org/natosource/nato-north-kosovo-withdraws-serb-roadblock

Context: This image shows one of the many roadblocks set up by ethnic Serbs to halt NATO/KFOR troops and Special Kosovar Police forces from reaching the checkpoints.

Photo Analysis:In the foreground of this image two shadowed Nato troops stare at an enormous roadblock set up by ethnic Serbs only meters away from them. The soldiers appear dark and shadowed because that portrays the Serbian perspective on the situation. Serbs believe that NATO and the "west" are in a constant unified effort to minimize them; financially, culturally, and politically. They represent the dark force always opposing them. In the background, in between the two troops, we can see a mass of people waving their banner proudly. Despite these troops, covered in armor and weapons ready, the Serbs proudly resist. They remain strong and unified in the interest of their culture and people.

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