Poetry of Bones

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Pandemic Shadows 135 Sidewalk Skull
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Laurie says:

I don’t usually do this but I made special photos for this submission and wanted to put them up. The show will be at the Raven Wolf Gallery in Grand Forks, North Dakota. I was invited to apply, but won’t know for a while whether my photographs have been accepted. (Be sure to click on the photos for a better view.)

Poetry of Bones

The Poetry of Bones is an International Photography Exhibition focusing on the theme of “Autumn”. The turning of the year centers on many different religions, cultures, celebrations, memorials, and tributes. These transition months lead us deep into the heart of winter. The Colonel Eugene E. Myers Art Gallery, located in the Department of Art & Design at the University of North Dakota welcomes your submission for our group exhibition, juried by international curator, photographer, photography theorist, philosopher of art, and educator, Zsolt Bátori. Show us your interpretation of this universal theme and what it means to you. All examples and styles of photography that fit this theme are encouraged to apply. This exhibition is sponsored by the Department of Art & Design within the campus of the University of North Dakota, the Myers Foundations, and the UND Photography Club. We are pleased this year to also offer submissions to international photographers for the first time.

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Pandemic Shadows 136 Whale spine, Santa Cruz
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Zsolt Bátori is the founder director and curator of PH21 Gallery, providing group and solo exhibitions to photographers internationally for over a decade in PH21 Gallery, Budapest and in cooperation with galleries in Barcelona, Jersey City, and Rome. Zsolt has nurtured the careers of many photographers who received further exhibition and career opportunities after exhibiting at PH21 Gallery. After obtaining his PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers University he has taught and conducted research at universities in Hungary, the USA, Argentina, and Spain, and his own photographic work has been exhibited internationally. Currently, Zsolt serves as a member of the executive committee of the International Association for Aesthetics and the Association of Hungarian Photographers. He also serves as a juror for Photolucida Critical Mass for the years 2023 and 2024.

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32 Centuries Together: The Hasanlu Lovers

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Two skeletons close together; th eone on the left is on its side, mouth and chin snuggled into the neck of the one on the right, lying on its back.

Debbie says:

Last month I came across this picture of the Hasanlu Lovers, two skeletons buried somewhere around 800 BC and excavated in 1973 in the West Azerbaijan province of Iran. The skeleton on the right, on his back, is indisputably male. The skeleton on the left, on his side, was originally considered to be female, despite a somewhat more female-shaped pelvis, and a male-shaped head. The video below makes a strong case that the pelvis may not be as female as originally analyzed and raises the oh-so-common question of whether the original identification was heterosexually biased. More recently, DNA testing has confirmed that both skeletons are, at the very least, genotypically male–i.e., they have XY chromosomes.

The Hasanlu lovers almost certainly died together when the citadel they were in was stormed. Their position has been termed “the oldest kiss in history.” I find it especially pleasing that this kiss was almost certainly between two men — though it’s also possible to think of the person on the left as what we now call “intersex,” which would perhaps be even more pleasing.

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