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Pocket shrine series: Zamor

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I'm making a series of pocket shrines of revolutionary figures. This one is for Zamor.

Zamor was a Bengali revolutionary. He was kidnapped from his home country as a child, and eventually given to du Barry. He learned to read and became very enthralled with Rousseau.

During the revolution, he sided with the Jacobins, and brought charges against du Barry, leading to her arrest and execution. He himself was briefly arrested by the Girondins, but survived the revolution. He died in 1820, after working as a school teacher.

He's included in the series because speaking against your abuser is always difficult, especially when they are in a position of privilege, and their abuse is treated as legitimate. Also because people have the nerve to call him ungrateful for helping them arrest du Barry, like he should be grateful to someone who treated him like a toy and deprived him of his liberty. :/
Image size
1818x1398px 1.77 MB
Make
Apple
Model
iPhone 6 Plus
Shutter Speed
1/4 second
Aperture
F/2.2
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
Aug 30, 2015, 3:07:16 PM
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