Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by bobgaither:
I am getting the feeling like our parents treated us like shi? belts and closets my stepfather made me strip and he used a metal pancake turner on me so my ass would welt up

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by hypoStiller:
Creepy and well executed. The color is right on.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by snie:
Happy childhood, huh? :-) j/k

Nice photo, very striking!

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by karmat:
powerful image. karmat

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by briansuh:
...... this is depressing voting for this week's challenges, but let me tel you this, this one was original.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by TomNTexas:
Wow, what a sad concept of childhood.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by cawalker:
this is a very arresting shot, dark and painful meaning very effectively protrayed by the crack in the doorway, by the contrast. I like how the light plumes fade into the dark

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by Shiiizzzam:
I was hoping to see some emotion this week and you showed just that. = 9 Shiiizzzam

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by paganini:
Thank you guys for your comments :)

This violin is actually NOT old... well, it was made in 1980's by a violin maker in NYC and have owned it since late 80's. I do have/had violins that were made in the 1800's but they are not with me (my cousins have them now). If I had to do it again, i'd probably do it at a slightly different perspective -- i was trying to show what a violinist sees when he plays, looking mostly at the left side of the instrument.

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by shedonist:
I think this photo is beautiful!!! I gave it a high score and was expecting it would have done better in the overall voting.