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nick_hinchComment by Paul: I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: This is quite extraordinary. I've come back several times to this image - it's power doesn't diminish. It isn't like any of the images I normally pick up in this challenge series but it's here because of the profound effect it has had on me. For me, this image is a just about as fine a rendition of humanity as you could find. It transcends a photograph and offers a pure connection in a way that flat out startles me. You have to understand, I'm not the sentimental type and I don't feel sentimental about this image but truly moved.
The expressions on each of their faces is so very very communicative and your capture is so straight-up, so honestly depicting; like you're holding a visual door open for us, being very careful to to step aside - the photograph disappears, and we are there with our fellow human beings.
Even the crop of her arm on one side and the edge of the round pillow on the other contributes rather than detracts - because it reinforces the notion that the photograph itself is nothing. That's what you've done here. Shared a perfect moment perfectly, offered a photograph that through the act of viewing dissolves and gives way to life.
Critical stuff: No.
Overall: An image with such quiet power and such profound connection. Just stunning.
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