A couple of my Flickr photos have been included in a Yahoo! News audio slideshow on “Faces of the Fallen,” an art exhibit at Arlington National Cemetery that consists of individual portraits of about 1,300 American service men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thom and I visited the exhibit in September 2005, and it was a moving experience. Check out the feature; my photos are the third and sixth in the series. (My thanks go to Yahoo! producer Nova Safo.)
As I noted in my earlier blog entry about the exhibit, in addition to thinking about the human toll of the war, I was amazed at the beauty of the portraits themselves (created by more than 200 artists) and moved by the many mementos that loved ones had left. For example, one note reads,
My son,
I love you so much! You have made me the “proudest” dad in the world. I wish you were home with me — I am so alone with just memories!
Love you forever
Dad
» Previously: Last year the Schmap travel guide for Philadelphia used a skyscraper photo of mine; other Creative Commons applications of my Flickr photos include a survey poster for University of Victoria Libraries and an audio slideshow on WNYC’s New Deal murals.