Unit 4 Honors Extension The podcast shed a lot of light on the power of art and the lasting effects of false interpretation on the world. When Ronald McDowell was asked to build a statue in honor of the famous foot soldiers in Birmingham, he chose to change specific things on purpose to enhance the message of the photograph. He took artistic license and changed the appearance of Walter Gadsden to look more african instead of light skinned and to make him lean back instead of forward. He also made the dog look more like a wolf and made officer Middleton taller than Walter and more threatening with larger sunglasses. With these changes, the statue certainly has a greater effect on those who see it, but it is nowhere close to authentic. Walter
