Last Saturday I photographed a man taking a picture of "The Holocaust Memorial" at the Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. It was created in 1984 by Pop Art sculptor George Segal. The standing figure is looking at the Pacific Ocean through a barbed-wire fence. At his feet (not visible in my picture) are sprawled the bodies of about ten corpses. All in white plaster. Over the years, the memorial has been desecrated several times, probably by hate groups. And by the way, this sculpture is not one of my favorites.
Once again, I wish to remind you that, in my mind's eye, I saw a picture which I wanted to share. The story above, is merely the icing on the cake, not the cake.
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