Both the Marine and his mother's comportment combine to a synergistic effect of story.
An untouchable effect.
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And of the mother's *comportment*, I mean that so positively--a proud, loving, very multi-emotioned mother, standing so proudly in her heroic son's gargantuan shadow, saluting both him, and his heroic, fine leader.
Jwpjr, my hat is off to YOU, as I so admire those that have the great visual gift of being a photographer--pictures tell life's stories--devoid of spin. They stand on their own, and to have the gift of capture of moments of meaning in time, to me is TRULY a gift from Above.
I'm not a photographer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. (I actually am a bit of a shutterbug, but take some REAL duds. :-)
It would have been very easy to see the young Marine, realize what a powerful image he makes with that proud salute from his wheelchair and completely miss the mom who is saluting in a way only a mom can salute. My hat is off to the photographer. I have a website where I post some of my favorite pictures that I've taken. Check it out if you get a few minutes.
http://www.jwparker.com/portfolio/index.htm
This link will send you to a section that a variety of pictures, many taken for the newspaper. At the bottom of the left column is a link to photos by John W Parker, click that and it will take you to my index page. Most of them are pretty boring, lots of birthday parties, etc. but every once in a while you'll come across one that's interesting.