Showing posts with label symbols of freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label symbols of freedom. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Bridge to Freedom


One of our fellow City Daily Photo Bloggers is missing in Tehran, Iran. "A" last posted a blog on June 17. So, members of the worldwide CDPB community are hosting a special "Blog Day" today to help spread the images and stories from Iran.

The Selma, Ala., contribution is a photograph of the Edmund Pettus Bridge across the Alabama River. In 1965, the bridge became an icon for voting rights in the USA. While some of the issues in Iran are vastly different, the recent protesters carried signs that asked, "Where is my vote?"


Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Update (6-29-2009), the CDPB community received word that the Tehran blogger, "A" has been released from detainment and is at home now.