The most beautiful suicide (photo)

Actually I don’t know a lot about photography, but I’m stay here… trying. Today I’m talking about a photo; specifically a photo took from Robert Wiles. I think the most important in a photo is what it’s provoking. I think Wiles took pictures with depth, harshness for the different contexts, introducing a social critic, blend the reality and a gloomy fantasy.

This photo shows us a suicide, but no just like a violent act, it is an expression of beauty and freedom. We see a women drive into a limousine, perfectly intact, almost like she is sleeping.

The photo was taken the first of May in the year 1947. A fortuitous fact permit to the author took the death of Evelyn McHale who jump from the Empire State building with 23 years.

I like me the photo because I think it’s pretty, the serenity in the face of the women is enormous, and let me see a social reality. The suicidal it’s taboo, for the contrary this picture doesn’t’ has prejudices, is just an instant and it can be all.

See you, thanks for reading.