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A long time after taking this photo, my feelings for it have changed a lot.
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2 Comments
1. albert replies at 2nd November 2007, 12:12 am :
it’s weird how that happens over time. i’ve been going through my old photos on xHDDs recently [combing through them for a portfolio site] and came across ones i haven’t seen nor thought of forever.
care to share how your feelings have changed?
2. steve replies at 2nd November 2007, 9:39 am :
The photo was from “Eagles Day” at a West Philly elementary school in 2006. All the Eagles descend on a school, build a playground and help paint a mural. I was taking photos for MAP and shot a ton.
I have a vague memory of taking that photo, but didn’t really think anything of it at the time. I was going around taking shots of kids with the Eagles, kids in groups, kids painting, kids running around and having fun and this was just one of those shots. When I went back over them, I saw James in a few shots and in every one he had the same expression. It’s an extremely complex expression, especially for someone so young.
I thought it was a very strong image, but wasn’t sure how I felt about it. It was made accident and I captured something that I didn’t mean to. For a long time I had no interest or intention in posting it anywhere because it felt voyeuristic.
For whatever reasons as time goes by, the image gets stronger… at least to me… and the reservations I have about it diminish. I’m still conflicted, but it’s different somehow. I guess that explains more about where the image came from than my feelings about it… but my feelings about it are hard to explain.
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