amazing work!! it's got such a powerful impact! the only way i can react to the shot is "associate" and let my mind come up with all kinds of ideas, pieces of memory, quotes, and other bubbles ; )). here's a few: the shot's like an illustration to an initiation story, a story about the transition from childhood to adulthood, a rite of passage, a process of (literally!) "lighting out into the future" (the light the child's head is turned to!!), sad but neccessary loss of innocence through "enlightenment", and an anne rice quote: "back, back into childhood he reached, not for a memory, but for a continuity."
greetings, sabine. p. s. i just love that "key-hole of light" the child is creating with its arms!
I can only agree with Inez. There is much thought behind this picture and even with your documentary, I am compelled to study it before moving on. Well done
Deryck
s. sabine krause 16/04/2010 16:16
amazing work!! it's got such a powerful impact! the only way i can react to the shot is "associate" and let my mind come up with all kinds of ideas, pieces of memory, quotes, and other bubbles ; )). here's a few: the shot's like an illustration to an initiation story, a story about the transition from childhood to adulthood, a rite of passage, a process of (literally!) "lighting out into the future" (the light the child's head is turned to!!), sad but neccessary loss of innocence through "enlightenment", and an anne rice quote: "back, back into childhood he reached, not for a memory, but for a continuity."greetings, sabine. p. s. i just love that "key-hole of light" the child is creating with its arms!
Maria João Arcanjo 16/04/2010 0:08
Powerfull! Image and text together leave a deep mark in the viewer's soulBeijinhos
MJ
Deryck 15/04/2010 22:06
I can only agree with Inez. There is much thought behind this picture and even with your documentary, I am compelled to study it before moving on. Well doneDeryck
Inez Correia Marques 15/04/2010 21:33
This is an amazing image . Very strong visual impact!I love it
My compliments