I wanted to do something dealing with the word "silence" in a different language other then english. I found this latin phrase and ran with it. The phrase reminded me of my senior thesis on the break up of the former Yugoslavia. I came up with this image after thinking about that time in History (and there are many more examples to draw from).
Qui tacet consentit: "He who remains silent consents" or "Silence implies consent."
Post Challenge I should of put the English translation in during the challenge. Some people did look the phrase up, super cool.
Statistics
Place: 37 out of 92 Avg (all users): 5.8333 Avg (commenters): 7.5000 Avg (participants): 5.7692 Avg (non-participants): 5.8529 Views since voting: 1832 Views during voting: 542 Votes: 222 Comments: 23 Favorites: 2 (view)
Had to look up the phrase, as I'm sure many others have also done. A 7 for a nice strong image that makes a point, and for making me do some work to understand it.
I think this is an interesting image. I don't feel that the post-it note has major impact in this picture, mostly because the majority of viewers can't understand the text on the note. I hope this doesn't sound discriminatory, but many here cannot understand the message parlayed on the paper. That being said, The selective de-sat and the composition are very good!
Ćutanje je znak odobravanja... nice, but would my comment constitute breaking the silence and hence not indicate consent?
Nice, refreshing, different from all others.
Interesting take. Love the selective color, fabulous dof. Just to really nitpick, the pattern on the cap just behind the middle and forefinger is distracting. Top 10 IMO.
Exellent image. Great use of desaturation. The paper seems to jump out the image. Too bad the message is not English - you could have put in the title, so I (and many others, I bet) could understand and have a better appreciation for the image as a whole.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
