Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by mci:
the title is absolutely horrendous. try not to use that space to explain your photograph. however, the use of light and the composition of this shot is great. very well done. i know you're taking a hit on the subject matter, but it's a very artistic shot with a very real subject matter, and i think you've done it well. good work.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by Kavey:
I find this very evocative. Because I first looked at the photo without looking at the title, I found something in this that did speak to me of my own childhood, even though it was so far from the experiences originally intended to be conveyed - I remembered those evenings when I'd been put to bed, but could hear interesting grown up chatter coming from downstairs - the TV or guests with my parents - and I crept to my door, where the light seeped in, and wondered whether I should go down and interrupt or should try and go to sleep?
When I read the title, I realised the intention behind it, and felt very sad. It wasn't too much of an extrapolation to understand and even visualise the kind of childhood this actually represents.
Even where the "message" of a photograph may seem limited in terms of audience understanding, there may by other messages it whispers also.
6, Kavey

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by jsabbarton:
Rays of hope would have sufficed as a titleĆ¢€Ā¦ The image is quite powerful and provides a glimpse of a darker side of growing up. In terms of the challenge it fits. I think the only way you could have improved the image would have been to make the visible element sharper.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by titotapado:
Bad idea.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by focus:
The shot is excellent and well framed.
Without reading your title, the memory this brought back to me was being afraid of the dark and having my parents leave the bedroom door just slightly ajar with the hall light on. Through that small opening I could hear Perry Mason (TV show) playing in the front room.
P.S. I hope being locked in a closet was NOT your experience. I know of a young woman that was. It affected her mentally.

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by LindaLee:
This is an interesting abstract kind of shot, but the photo does not convey "childhood" to me at all, without the title. lhall

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by johnson:
Nice picture, but a bit morbid, no?

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by shutterfly:
i really like this...takes me back to when i used to hide in closets..i like the black frame around the door. 8

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by jmsetzler:
I suppose someone could have experiences this as a 'childhood'. I know that Harry Potter lived primarily in the cupboard beneath the stairs at the house on Privette Drive :) - jmsetzler

Childhood Spent Locked in Closet, Rays of Hope
by paganini

Comment by camelotnorth:
wow..powerful stuff..excellent composition