Untitled Child.....

Photographes in the market square. Thanks for viewing

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A good candid shot,Pnina. Though thumb-sucking is natural habit for infants, at a later date ,the habit leads to emotional or dental disorder.I like his curious glance and natural expression.

beautiful peyot

Fantastic capture, lovely expression and excellent B&W.

 

Regards.

 

Alberto

Wonderful capture, Pnina. He's beautifully natural, and thumb sucking won't harm him.

He seems curious about the outside world but at the same time clings cautiously to his security blanket. A beautiful candid shot, Pnina.

Well seen Pnina...a small girl totally immersed in a world of her own sucking her thumb....B/w production is splendid...Regards

I particularly like the innocence and simple mood...he seems in his child world...tone and smooth light support it well...

Lovely image and really well done. The B&W improves the image, IMO, giving it a classic style. Congrats for this beautiful work!

Those little eyes paired with the thumb are great. I like how he seems to be calm amidst the adults milling around him. Just as childhood should be. Innocent, protected, oblivious.

Very nice Pnina

All of you.

 

I saw him at the market place and followed him for a while, this is the best of the few I have photographed him.

 

Keith, this is a boy from a religious family , he looks a bit like a girl to you because of his hair ( pyiot)

You singled him out admist the crowd very well, his natural pose & expression most becoming.

Great expression you've captured. I love the way his eyes are transfixed in one direction. The world goes by behind him. Indeed, you have isolated him well with focusing. Wonder what the man in the background is reading? It's clear, he's a child in a very adult world. I feel a bit of discomfort, not sure where it's coming from.

I just saw your comment above Pnina about following him from the market place and so what I said cannot be correct. Shows how imagination can run away and see things that are not so.I deleted my other comment.

Cherlyn, Fred and Meir

 

Thanks for your feedback, the people behind him are just people around, and some tissue belongs to a store ( on the R). He was seating on that chair, all in his own world, I did not see any parent around, he may belong to the owner of the store behind. I think that the "triangle" of light done by the backlight and his Kippa ( small hat) and white rimed hat( of his coat) are well lighting his face and form.

Great picture. Children always have their eye on something. Even in the quiet of their boredom and insecurity, they are transfixed on something and thinking. I would like to know what is going through a child's mind when looking off like this.

Beautiful picture, I thought this was a little girl until I realized the cap and read other comments referencing boy.

 

Kirk

 

I hadn't noticed the triangle of light you're talking about. If it's significant to you, which I very much understand, you might consider bringing it out more. I think it would add some depth to this image and make us wonder less about the surrounding people. The adults don't seem to play an important part in the story for you, yet they've got a prominence that might get subdued if you emphasized the lighting you're talking about.

 

I just noticed your title. Of course, I'm sure you realize that calling it "Untitled Child" is very much a title that directs us to what you want the subject to be. It's very different from calling this "Untitled" and leaving it at that. It is also different from "Untitled Child Among Adults" which would give us a different perspective.

 

Your handling of the material, especially the lighting, would answer the question of how important you want the surrounding adults to be photographically without having to worry about which "untitled" title is more appropriate. The adults will always be there, but what role do they play in the story? You've said, "the people behind him are just people around." Is that what the photo says?

Thanks both of you .

 

Kirk, thats what I felt looking at him in that busy surrounding, he was completely detached from the noise and movement around, seating on that chair in his own little world.

 

Fred , thanks again, BTW I tried to bring out more that triangle of light, and did not like the result, it disturbed my eyes, and I felt that the child is prominent as he is, his coat's hat is lighted strong enough . The adult on the L, (and materials on the R) is part of the surrounding and part of story, present yes! but without a role in this child's world at this moment at least..

 

" Untitled child" IS a title for me Fred, I wanted to express by it his anonymity, no name, no details, just a child , just a child seating in that area, I understand the difference belive me.

And again, thanks for expressing so nicely your point of view, I listen and learn, and some of it that I think helps, I use later on. As I wrote you in the Graffity photo Fred, I see things in my own way, which is different and softer , but I hope we will continue to comment what we feel on each other works, as I see it very fruitful in the process of development. Thanks again for the follow up.

I do not understand the tztzits/talis. Not in a way that would be worn. Did you see the talis? why it is there etc.

Wonderful capture! This child's gaze is transfixed, and it's tough to tell whether he is looking intently at something or instead is looking at nothing in particular at all and is just thinking. What I perceive as this ambiguity is part of the attraction of this photograph. The rest of its attraction concerns the more mundane elements - good contrast, detail, tonal range, etc.

 

My compliments.......

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

michael

 

Asher, the R side is all sort of hanged things . The child was seating near a store.

 

Michael, thanks for your feedback ! Shabat Shalom to you too.

Neat candid - looks great in B/W.

This a wonderful moment, Pnina!