Voting is your right
This is the office at the Bouma National Park; no one was around so I just made myself at home. The Fijians we met were all very friendly, so I like to think the park employee wouldn’t have minded my little tour.
Here’s what I saw:
– A very low ceiling. I’m not particularly tall, and I could easily touch touch the ceiling.
– Some nice curtains that were open to let the breeze through. The fabric was stuffed into the wire grid that guarded the windows.
– A piece of silvery Christmas tinsel hanging from the column.
– A sticker on the refrigerator reminding us that VOTING IS YOUR RIGHT.
– An oilcloth covering on the desk.
(Women and ethnic Fijians were first permitted to vote in 1963. In case you wondered.)
Bouma National Park headquarters
Taveuni Island, Fiji
photographed 7.5.2013
Posted on July 21, 2013, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, bouma national park, fiji, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photo a day, photography, taveuni island, taveuni island fiji. Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.
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A right and responsibility
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Yes – it IS a responsibility! Thanks.
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A very carefree little place there that you could just walk in.
Interestingly in the US voting is a right and to encourage you, you can take some time off work to vote on a tuesday.
In Australia voting is a right and compulsory. Voting is always on a saturday and you will be fined if you don’t vote.
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Your way sounds better – there are problems here with things like voter ID laws and drawing political districts to make it harder to for certain groups to even be able to vote (or to dilute their vote, should they pass all the other barriers). This is a photography blog, not a political-rant blog, so I won’t go on….!
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It looks like someone tried to make the office look more like a home. Interesting.
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Yes, it did have that feel to it. Not at all bureaucratic – for example, I didn’t see a single gray metal desk!
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Wow!
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Thank you!
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What a nicely lit photograph. Love the shine off the oil cloth – my gray desk (particle board of some kind) would look better with oil cloth on it, except usually the entire surface is buried under reports.
I wish I could make out the poster, it looks interesting too.
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Maybe you could put oil cloth OVER those reports on your desk? Just a suggestion….
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That is one hell of an idea! I like it.
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Then I think you should implement it. Right away.
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