Photograph or Moving Image by ForeignPhotographer/Artist
Inventory Number
93-PHF-023
When you first looked at this photo, did it give you pause…? Yes, that really is a big toe, and the photo was used to illustrate an essay by French philosopher Georges Bataille titled "The Big Toe".
Bataille’s strong assertion in his essay was that while human beings tend to assume that things up high are sacred and things down in the dirt are inferior, the bipedal locomotion that helped differentiate us from other animals is in fact supported by none other than our big toes. Discard preconceived notions, open your eyes to reality and understand what true life is: That is the unexpected yet compelling philosophy encapsulated in this single image of a small appendage emerging from darkness.
(SAKAMOTO Kyoko)
When you first looked at this photo, did it give you pause…? Yes, that really is a big toe, and the photo was used to illustrate an essay by French philosopher Georges Bataille titled "The Big Toe".
Bataille’s strong assertion in his essay was that while human beings tend to assume that things up high are sacred and things down in the dirt are inferior, the bipedal locomotion that helped differentiate us from other animals is in fact supported by none other than our big toes. Discard preconceived notions, open your eyes to reality and understand what true life is: That is the unexpected yet compelling philosophy encapsulated in this single image of a small appendage emerging from darkness.
(SAKAMOTO Kyoko)