Stand closer to me (I want to see if they think we're brothers)

 Often, my process of creating a blog post is to look at he photo reel on my phone and see which photos remind me of something related to class.
     This time, it has to do with our class field trip of World War One monuments here in London. While looking at these pictures in close proximity to one another, I realized one thing, most of the monuments had only a central figure rather than a group of people. In fact, this monument dedicated to the Royal Tank Regiment was the only one on my photo reel to have a group of figures.

     This reminded me of a chapter in our design book regarding proximity. How we, as individuals, perceive connections between individuals based on how close they are to one another.
     Although, now that I say that out loud, I realize that there's more to it then that. I mean, drawing that line has to include environmental factors, clothing, interactions, and physical appearance as well. I mean, you could look at people packed shoulder to shoulder on a subway and you would probably just think "Man, those people must be really uncomfortable." Rather than "Man, that sure is a large family."
     Getting back on topic, I found it interesting that this was the only stature with a group of people, and that I could tell, based on their outfits and proximity, that they were all apart of the same group. Most of the other statues I saw were honoring a singular individual and their accomplishments and even others that honored groups were either; one man to represent every other soldier, a group of flags, or just clothes hanging on pegs to represent the women workers of World War 2.
     Perhaps, speaking entirely for the group memorials, it was a way to add ambiguity. To give the feeling that this could be anyone, and that feeling is much harder to achieve if you're looking at a full battalion of statue figures. But still, I feel like the tank regiment is represented well with this statue. To me, these could be any tank crew, because every tank crew has this dynamic.
     So, in my opinion, the ambiguity can be maintained for an entire group, even if it is more than one person on the statue.