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SuzanneR

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A lot of the ideas in her photographs seem to be about life and mortality. This one speaks to those ideas very succinctly. There's a connection between a child and a grandparent, but there's also a disconnection. One, the child, looking out of the frame, the other, the grandparent at the child, and their hands not touching, but still reaching to each other.

It's a powerful image, a large idea, and yet a very simply stated. One of her best, I think, thanks for picking it to discuss.
 

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Its all about that finger on the leg - why on earth do I find this contact so powerful? It just illustrates the connection and tenderness!

For me, its power is in the casual trust it conveys. Without that finger one can assume a close connection between the two, but that forgotten finger really nails it.

It's a picture pretty rich in visual allegory -- the contrast of the arms, the articulated but fading face on the left vs the as yet unformed face on the right...

A great shot.
 
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