My point is that the gondolier is very clearly not the central aspect of the work, and is in no way being celebrated in that picture. The fact that the person is obscured behind a sign clearly shows that they lack any importance in the scene.
yes i agree the gondolier is not the central aspect of the work, but that is not the same as the labour being entirely invisible: just that they are a part of a piece of landscape art of a solar-punk city
i was responding to you saying “labour is entirely invisible in pretty much all the solar-punk aesthetic”
And you chose the pic that literally hides the labourer to drive this point home 🤣
it is one of the four images i chose, and the labourer is visible in the picture, not “entirely invisible” as you said
in fact, you could even say the labourer is obscured and tastefully hidden away as not to ruin the scenery
i was able to see the gondolier
you’re doing a lot of mental gymnastics there in order to avoid acknowledging my point I see
is your point is that the gondolier shouldn’t have had a sign between them and the viewer?
My point is that the gondolier is very clearly not the central aspect of the work, and is in no way being celebrated in that picture. The fact that the person is obscured behind a sign clearly shows that they lack any importance in the scene.
yes i agree the gondolier is not the central aspect of the work, but that is not the same as the labour being entirely invisible: just that they are a part of a piece of landscape art of a solar-punk city