Caged Kids?
Here's another kinda creepy one from Varanasi. I was walking around the back streets when I ended up in a friendly place where a young woman wanted me to photograph her little sister or daughter. I couldn't tell which. As I attempted to do that I heard these two kids trying to get my atttention. They were in their house behind the bars of their windows.
I liked the simple balanced composition of the window and approached them with that in mind. At first they were all smiles but I held my position, camera to my eye, until their smiles faded and they simply looked on with curiosity. Snap. Done.
It seems creepy now because they look unhappy and stuck in some sort of cage. Such are the distortions of photography. What are we to do?
Take pictures.
I liked the simple balanced composition of the window and approached them with that in mind. At first they were all smiles but I held my position, camera to my eye, until their smiles faded and they simply looked on with curiosity. Snap. Done.
It seems creepy now because they look unhappy and stuck in some sort of cage. Such are the distortions of photography. What are we to do?
Take pictures.
2 comments:
This is such a great shot. You have such an eye for catching thiings at the right time and angle.
Always the thought I have when I see photos done for journalistic reasons. It's all about the moment. And if the moment is not explained so many different assumptions can be made. That's a lot of responsibility for a photographer.
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