Suberb angle and control of the camera. No one gets indifferent in face of this photo. I love it ;)
Guest
03-May-2006 14:04
i love this shot ruthie! -m
Guest
31-Mar-2006 12:00
a beautiful POV here, and such a greta expression you succesfully captured.. Nice
Guest
22-Mar-2006 21:30
This is painful to look at, the power of photography put to it's most inciteful useage. That must've been quite hard to shoot without tears in your eye. v
Guest
29-Dec-2005 18:33
I really like the unusual viewpoint - it's great to use different angles and I think portraits of kids in particular benefit from either getting higher than usual and emphasising that we, as adults, are looking down or getting down to their level and presenting them as they see themselves. This is such a great portrait.
Not only is the angle incongruous, it is the very basis for meaning. As Kal so well points out, she is diminished by the overhead view. The reason Kal feels guilty (and many others will as well) is because this vantage point is threatening to her. It makes her vulnerable, and we don't want her to be. Yet she is. I also like the blue nail polish on her fingers. Like young girls the world over, she wants to so much to be a grown up. Yet when that day comes, she will probably find that life to be difficult and demanding. The jagged rocks she stands upon hint at what is yet to come. A masterful environmental portrait that tells its story well.
The angle is incongruent here. You diminsih her through the angle of view and that makes the expression on her face all the more powerful. She is questioning us. I don't know what it is about, but I am feeling guilty.
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