Child portrait

Thank you for your comments.

I'm not that surprised that this hasn't received more comments. There really isn't much to say. It's a rather straightforward "street" portrait of a child that is direct and honest and not at all "cute". What I can say is that you handled the subject beautifully in terms of composition and tones.

Very original set-up, excellent composition, and a perfect  B&W image, work.

 

Cheers.

Jack,

You are absolutely right. This is a very straight forward photo, nothing hidden or mysterious here. I also cannot claim much originality in setting up the scene except for the fact that she chose to step into the rusted cauldron (not sure why), and sat with a rather pensive posture. What motivated me to shoot the scene was the contrast and may be contradiction between the rusty old cauldron, and the young child in a new dress sitting quietly inside. Is she thinking about some old memories, probably not. The whole scene is about contradictions, the background vs subject, the posture vs the age of the subject, the attire etc. Thank you very much for stopping by.

 

Bela,

Thanks very much for stopping by and writing the comment.

Interesting comments on this image. The cauldron reminded me that my father used one of these to grow water lilies.  A long time ago our cauldron was used to boil sugar cane juice for various end products  like sugar,  rum and black Christmas cake where rum is an integral ingredient.  

the world can seem so very big and odd to a little girl.... and as Jack and Bela comment from the start, it is straightforward and splendidly composed ;-} dp

It's a particular skill to see a good photograph, take it, process it all from a spontaneous event and have it turn out so beautifully. I think this is an excellent example of such.

Amy