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Freedom

Grafitti on a wall
Freedom - Photographer Julian Chamucero

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: January 2020
Photographer: Julian Chamucero
University Affiliation: Staff
Home Country: Colombia
Category: Arts and Culture
Award: Honorable Mention

"Heraclitus said, "you could not step twice into the same river". Similarly, it is not possible to see the same wall twice. The Lennon Wall has been painted and erased countless times. Yet the songs of freedom and hope for a better world will still be there to make us reflect on our own humanity."