danajohnhill.org | Hard Times Come Again No More

I admit it is unfair of me to judge a place I’ve never been (that’s what they do in Russia), but my impression of Alabama isn’t entirely positive. So I was surprised and impressed a couple years back when I first saw their official state quarter which depicts Helen Keller, one of the most amazing human beings who ever lived. It is my favorite issue in the series.

I was reminded of the power of still images last week when a photograph of the deafblind girl was discovered and published a hundred and twenty years after it was taken. It shows Keller holding a doll in one hand, and the hand of Anne Sullivan with the other, and it is remarkably touching.

Filed under: Musings, Photography on March 10th, 2008