The Fourth Horseman is a mixed media sculpture created by photographer Bob Blackwell which was photographed in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada. It asks the viewer to reflect upon a seemingly simple yet difficult question...
Is there ever a time when war and killing is the right thing to do, or is war always an act of immortality?
the work and lives of both Mahatma Ganghi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are a testament to the power of the non-violent confrontation of evil. However, would such an approach have been successful against the evil of Hitler? Could it work in the confrontation of Osama Bin Laden?
No matter how you answer this question, the ultimate consequences of war are sacrifice, suffering and death.
"The 4th Horseman" refers to the rider of the Pale Horse in Revelations 6:8. who represents Death and is commonly known as the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse.
"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death. And Hell followed him."
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