the dance
by daisydavid

Comment:
love the spontaneous genuine feel in this photo. I would not clone anything.

The Illustrated Man
by GeneralE

Comment:
very unique image, well done!

We are all the sons and the daughters of time - Ray Bradbury
by PennyStreet

Comment:
great urban scene, everybody is so busy, nobody is interacting with anybody. Congrats on HM, Lynn!

Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Cuttooth

Comment:
great image, very harrowing. Congrats on the ribbon, Richard!

Tomorrow's child
by Neat

Comment:
congrats Anita, lovely image deserving the accolades!

PuppyLove
by nam

Comment:
tender moment! :)

future
by LevT

Comment:

Originally posted by nam: I REALLY want to know the story here. The light is amazing as are the positions and expressions of all the subjects. I assume the mother is praying. The oldest daughter may be, too, or she may just be thinking and, as the title suggests, envisioning her future. The way her posture echoes her mother's but turned a bit and the fact that she is set away from both her mother and the group of younger children are very evocative. Wow.

well, I wish I knew more than you about them, but I don't... Still, my interpretation is slightly different. I don't think it's their mother, this is just another, slightly older girl, but she is already wearing a headscarf. The young girls so far can dress and play free, like any other kids of their age, but I imagine they already realize that the headscarf is likely in their future. And then, after they get married, maybe a full-length burka? So, is this in their future? And is this the future of Turkey in general? Who knows?... But at the moment (formerly) rather secular Turkish society does seem to move toward embracing Islam, and fast...

shot in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul

live life
by daisydavid

Comment:
this is so three-dimensional.... lovely.

crack
by bvy

Comment:
lovely composition... like her shadow is disappearing as a whiff of smoke

kitty
by LevT

Comment:
no worries, the other kitty is sleeping