Already practically dead
You know for sure that anyone “lucky” enough to win one of the fish that’s crammed into these little bowls is going to be flushing a dead fish by morning.
South Plains Fair
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.23.2014
Posted on October 11, 2018, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, black and white photography, Carnival, carnival games, dead fish, fish, learning to see, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, South Plains Fair, texas, thoughtful seeing. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Seems cruel.
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It does, for sure. I haven’t been to the fair since I took this picture in 2014. Maybe by now fish-in-bowls-at-carnivals have gone the way of elephants and tigers at circuses.
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A doleful truth, and feels a bit metaphorical, too…
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Indeed it does – thanks for getting that.
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