TIFA 2021 Portfolio / Fine Art

Modern Times II - Amplified Distortion 

  • Prize
    Silver in Portfolio/Fine Art
  • Photographer
    Makoto Wakamatsu
  • Photo Date
    3 May 2021

It's 85 years since Chaplin's Modern Times was played at the movie theatre amid the Great Depression. While the least vulnerable people finds themselves in the mire in the aftermath of COVID-19 outbreak, some people are indifferent to others on the decisive lack of  compassion to the others, living the lives as they used to be.  Concept of value will change entirely when the pace of infection is abated.Concept of value will change entirely when the pace of infection is abated.   Meanwhile, the gap between haves and have-nots will grow and distortion may reach a critical mass for destruction.