People Together

       The invisible bonds that unite all human beings take discernible shape in cer­tain photographs. They may be the cable-strong ties of family, such as those apparent in Ken Heyman's pic­ture opposite of an Israeli mother nurs­ing a new baby while her son and hus­band watch with a mixture of love and awe. They may be no stronger than a young black arm thrown in good na­tured friendship over an even younger white shoulder (right). Or they may be the narcissistic bonds of adolescence, when concern for self becomes inextri­cably mixed with the need for others, as in Bruce Davidson's picture below of a boy and girl after a day at a public beach, together but apart.

                                                 Jacqueline Lee Bouvier 1953 John F Kennedy

                                                   Bruce Davidson : Teenagers at Coney Island

                           Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mt. Everests summit in 1953