This one needs its own discussion

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I wrote about the Mandorla Art Award and decided this entry needed a post of its own. It’s a composite photo as the entries could be in any medium. I don’t know the creator but I think it was the person sitting in the chair. Despite quite a bit of research, I couldn’t find out what year it was exhibited. I’ve used Vince’s photo with his permission as mine had too much light in one corner and you couldn’t see the detail. I’ve made this one lighter too so you can see (hopefully) the skull in the bishop’s robes behind the girl. I should have taken photos of the information beside each piece but I didn’t so I can only go by memory. I think the girl/child is part aboriginal and was taken from her parents and brought up in a mission. She had also battled cancer later in life hence the lack of hair. I think you’d agree this is a striking image. It raises so many questions for me.