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11-MAY-2005

A Curious Eye, Shanghai, China, 2005

The first thing I noticed here was the identical body language being unconsciously expressed by two of the three women in this photograph. My eye then found this shy little boy looking at me from behind his mother's outstretched leg. Apparently my camera is far more interesting to this child than his mom's conversation. He looks at us with a curious eye, and with that, he provides the basis for an expressive photograph.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
1/1600s f/6.3 at 50.0mm iso200 full exif

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Tom Talbot08-Oct-2005 16:20
Great vision to "see" this shot and capture the postures of these people. By keeping the faces out of the photo, you have drawn the viewer to what you are trying to highlight. I read Phil's comment and even having not seen the color version have to agree that by taking the color out you have allowed to viewer to focus on what you want them to see and not be distracted. My vote!
Kal Khogali19-May-2005 14:12
This image screams vunerability at me. The child wants to know of the world and is curious, but also knows he is not ready yet. He hides behind his mothers leg, and to me that is the key to this image. The three women form a ring around him, unconciously creating a protecting circle with their bodies and legs.
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Phil Douglis17-May-2005 21:00
****Good use of abstraction, Jen, as well as scale incongruity. The legs of the three women speak of one world, the child's eye view of them speak of another. You showed this to me earlier in color and the eye went right to the red shirt in the middle of the image. That screaming red shirt dominated the image and kept drawing us back to it. In this black and white conversion, all is neutralized and the kid becomes an integral part of the group instead of a secondary feature. He becomes the point of the picture. Before, he was lost.
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