Above is one of my favorite pictures of my children when they were young. My daughter loves the picture, too. Although you can't see what the kids look like, I think its a wonderful piece of photography. My neighbor, Kathy Silverberg, took the picture. Kathy worked for the local newspaper, The Daily Comet, and the picture appeared on the front page. We'd had rain for days and days and days, and the children hadn't been outside to play in a long time. Like many children and parents, we were restless. The children couldn't work off their energy, and, as a result, were into more mischief than usual. We'd all had enough. Kathy photographed the wistful scene of the kids looking sadly out the window at the never-ending rain.
In those days, if you went to the newspaper office, they'd let you look through their glossy black and white pictures and take any that pertained to you or your family. I framed the picture, and it hangs upstairs in my house.
I love that photo, it is so evocative!
ReplyDeleteIt's a great photo. Really atmospheric.
ReplyDeleteThat is unutterably beautiful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture. I urged Kathy to enter the photo in a contest, but she never did.
ReplyDeleteA lovely photo and a nice story, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Missy. How are you? It's good to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteI'm good, thank you. It's nice to get out and play a little.
ReplyDeleteWould look good as a large-scale canvas print as well.
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You,know, SR, the picture would look good on canvas. The white splotches on the photo are from the light from the scanner. Over the years, the picture became slightly warped in its frame, and the smears are the uneven parts of the glossy reflecting the light. I don't know a fix for that problem.
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