Mo Ruddy Burkhart ~ Sage
I was scrolling down the page, looking for tonight’s daily pic, came to this one, thought “This must be it.” Saw that it had ten “likes.” Thought, “Why fight the tide: it’s unanimous.”
I actually do not have the vocabulary to adequately describe the timelessness of this shot. The frame works incredibly well: one of those rare instances, so a great choice by Mo. The lighting and desaturation are sublime: one half of his face almost washed out, the other shadowed, like two different boys, cleft on chin and upper lip accentuated and demarcating them. He watches, waits, adrift as the the tethers of childhood loosen in mists of melancholy, but he is not fighting it. Rather, calm acceptance is manifest in his knowing. Indeed, a sage.
What wonder is to be unleashed on the world through this ethereal being?
[dailypic]
Hi Mo – Sorry! I have adjusted the text to reflect this correction. The long hair threw me! It is a wonderful picture and everything I said still applies. Great work on your part!
Thank you so much, I am speechless. This is a boy, however, not that it matters! He spent a year growing his hair out so I could take his photo. He was waiting for me to set up the lighting and then donned his traditional Cherokee headdress, but this is the one that captured my heart for sure…
There is nothing like pure simplicity and in this case, we have it. Because the image was not over worked in the post process, the photograph permits the girl to be the sole focus. She looks right at you and hold you captive, as you listen to her silence speak.
Thank you Knox for making this a photo of the day.