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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Allegory of the Shadows

I was inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The hero of this shooting lives in the world of shadows, and he thinks it's the reality itself. The metaphor is really actual in our modern world, where almost everyone lives in an artificial virtual reality. Modern humans are really addicted to social media and the opinions of other people, without paying enough attention to their own lives.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2023
Date Uploaded: 09.2023
Photo Location: Russia
Camera: NIKON D780
Copyright: © Elizaveta Filchenko