Dejando volar la imaginación, a photo from Imbabura, North

Photographer's Note

Esta foto fue hecha en la escuela de un pequeño caserío cerca de la ciudad de Ibarra en la Provincia de Imbabura-Ecuador. La niña pensativa está apoyada en la estructura metálica de un juego infantil en el patio de su escuela.
La vida en estos sectores es muy dura para los niños quinenes no tienen un futuro cierto, me llamó mucho la atención este cuadro por su inocencia y concentración. Hubiera querido entrar en su cabeza para saber que era lo que la tenía tan pensativa.

lc4giala, tomescuc heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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Wanda1 (15142) 2009-03-21 22:51

Hi Diego,
This is great, especially the way you have composed the shot with the sad girl on the edge of the frame and using the frame of the swings, she is looking so forlorn whilst the other child swings on the background. Perfect use of depth of field too to focus on her expression. Really nice in black and white for this moment.
Regards
Wanda

lc4giala (2190) 2009-03-22 0:54

Hola Diego
I like the opposition of composition with a child it plays also the other it has left the look farther away , human glance with beautiful b&w attribution
regards
George

jasmis (58653) 2009-03-22 1:02

Superb portrait. Amazing "children world" presentation. B&W wrks here very well.
Regards.

ninaL (21348) 2009-03-22 1:47

Hi, Diego.
Beautiful scene and composition.
Excellent presentation.
I like it.
Best regards. Grazyna.

KateinDenmark (1634) 2009-03-22 6:13

Hello,
This is a wonderful commentary on life for this little girl. The United Negro Fund of the US has a great slogan 'A Mind is a terrible thing to waste.' From what I understand of what you wrote, it seems that is exactly what may happen to her. Your picture captures both her potential and her situation. Well done!

Sincerely,
Kate

Manamo (3710) 2009-03-27 8:50

Another muliple portrait. This time the feeling is a bit different. The girl in the foreground is very thoughtful and concentrated and looks as if she's already not an innocent little girl anymore. As you say in your note, it would be nice to enter her head to know what she's thinking about...is she already aware that her future is going to be hard?
Anyway, I love the juxtaposition of this thoughtful girl with the other one having fun on the swing. Very well seen!
see you,
Marc

toto (0) 2009-03-28 5:32

Bonjour,
belle photo NB de ces enfants qui joue sur la balançoire.
Portrait bien fait.Net a l' avant et flou a l' arrière.

Amitiés Thomas

zahoor_salmi (1053) 2009-03-28 19:33 [Comment]

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tomescuc (3291) 2009-03-28 22:42

Hola Diego,
What a pensive, deep expression this little girl has. You captured her in such a wonderful posture, along with the other girl in the swing. There is poetry in your image.
saludos,
Cristian

wolf38 (30) 2009-04-06 12:03