The Innocent

thank you very much Chris

brilliant work Annette,,, well done

Superb Creation & such detail in your picture Annette..

This is just amazing, love the peel off the walls, really establishes the mood!

This is a fantastic shot, I echo Chris Clark’s sentiment!

Very emmotive, great image.

Truly a great shot!!

Great image.

Fantastic capture

Superb image!

Wonderful capture Annette – you really are a pro!

Awesome work Annette!

PERFECT…........perfect set up….......perfect tone…......perfect EXPRESSION!!! instant FAV!

just perfect – love the blue balloon and his expression

WONDERFUL

Brilliant. I think, without a doubt, your piece embodies the Japanese aestehtic known as wabi-sabi. Consider these excerpts, within the concept of this magnificent photo:

Wabi-sabi (侘寂 ?) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. The phrase comes from the two words wabi and sabi. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a concept derived from the Buddhist assertion of the Three marks of existence (三法印 sanbōin?), specifically impermanence (無常 mujō?). Note also that the Japanese word for rust, 錆 is also pronounced sabi.

Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity, simplicity, modesty, intimacy, and suggest a natural process.

“if an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be wabi-sabiv”.

It (wabi-sabi) nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.”

I would say, without hesitation, that this breath-taking piece of art embodies these essential principles of this aesthetic.

thank you all very much, I liked it but wasn’t sure if it had mass appeal.

Very effective juxtaposition – this was pretty high risk I think – could have been a bit Anne Geddes cute but it isn’t – the child’s expression is just right. I think it is the sign of a really excellent photographer to do a juxtaposition like this so effectively.

Stunning image…...love everything about this…..the treatment is amazing….

This is just freakin awesome!!!!!! An instant fav for me. Well done.

Love it Annette, super cool.

wonderful work you do;

Very original and perfectly executed Annette. A visual feast – the eyes and the senses.

This is an extremely beautiful composition Annette, there is a lot of emotion in this photograpgh.
Very, very well done. – Peter

stunning;

Great picture – really creative