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In this era of alt facts and post truth this weeks topic , #symbolism aims to represent absolute truth in art.
This from Wikipedia
"Symbolists believed that art should represent absolute truths that could only be described indirectly. Thus, they wrote in a very metaphorical and suggestive manner, endowing particular images or objects with symbolic meaning"
Some examples of symbolist photographs from Alvin Langdon Coburn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Langdon_Coburn
And from Gertrude Kasebier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_K%C3%A4sebier
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