At least everyone else is happy...

Chris White, about 1 year ago

I love it! I love the title, it makes the image so much more forlorn!

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Chris! It was one of those moments where I just knew the title and story as soon as I looked through the camera.

Dee Boylan, about 1 year ago

Yeah….I can relate to that….hehe…interesting picture…simple but then a lot to take in…mmm

Robert Knapman, about 1 year ago

Aww so alone. Sending some special attention its way. The B & W, shadow and emptiness of the background nicely emphasises its sadness.

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks artemis, and I hope you don’t have to relate to it for too long. I’ll email a hug :)

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Robert, I found it amazing just how sad this poor little bear looked! It just got worse once I arranged the light to give it a long shadow!

Cathie Tranent, about 1 year ago

Awww …. poor little bear …. ((((hug)))).

Did you take any of the front of him??

Suzanne German, about 1 year ago

strange bear – strange circumstances….

Lisadee, about 1 year ago

He bought a tear to my eye, that is sooo beautiful. That is really so moving to me. Inanimate objects can pervay such emotion. I love it.

Where did you get the bear?

Damian, about 1 year ago

Hi CathieT, lol, he’s just begging for a hug isn’t he! I did take some of the front of him – I’ll see if I can show his cheery, bright side :)

Damian, about 1 year ago

Hi Suzanne, maybe not so strange – I think he absorbs too much of the feelings of those he’s trying to cheer up. What do you think?

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Lisadee, that’s the feeling he passed to me as well.
The bear was looking down at me from a shelf while I briefly checked RedBubble while away visiting for the weekend. He was made by young hands as a going away present, which gave him so much more character straight away.

Suzanne German, about 1 year ago

well perhaps if i knew the circumstances…

botanicfanatic, about 1 year ago

I’m a sucker for handmade toys and their stories. Beautiful lighting and composition, Damian :) And a sweet story!

Damian, about 1 year ago

Suzanne, I haven’t intended the bear to particularly represent myself, if that’s what you mean (but there would be moments…). Or are you after a more fleshed out version of the bears story?

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Alison, I thought the story behind this bear was a nice one too. It’s actually quite small too, if you could tell by the size of the button.

mrana, about 1 year ago

aaaaaaaaaaaaawww. But perfect pose and photo.

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Mariana :)

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks to the great person who bought this as a card!! I wasn’t able to be online last night, so this was a great Saturday morning surprise!

Cathie Tranent, about 1 year ago

;)

Damian, about 1 year ago

Ah haa! Thanks Cathie :)

StacyLee, about 1 year ago

Damian, I love the emotion and the title in this one. It really tugs at your heart strings!

Jessica Tremp, about 1 year ago

such a sad lonely image, beautiful work, love htis in black and white

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks StacyLee – I tried to set the photo up to do that, so thanks!

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Jessica :)

kaylee roderick, about 1 year ago

this is my favorite so far…it is great.

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks a lot kaylee, glad you like it :)

Michael Alesich, about 1 year ago

Great shot Damian, I hadn’t seen this one earlier but am glad I came across it.

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Michael, glad you like it, and found it :)

Roseann, about 1 year ago

Brings poignant thoughts of lost friends or old friends forgotten as we move from innocence to adolescence.

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Roseann, great comment :)

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks to the person who bought a copy of the sad bear :)

Paul Tupman, about 1 year ago

Great shot.. I love the whole concept behind it: the composition, the sad poignancy, the title… I can tell you had the workings of a short story in your head somewhere! Great work!

Damian, about 1 year ago

Thanks Tuppers! There’s always a short story lurking there LOL!

Crokus Label, 11 months ago

Hmmm… sad, but so common in life… :(
I like the way you structured this here… :)
Great job.

Damian, 11 months ago

Thanks Crokus, I’m pleased you like it!

Anisha Aiyappa, 11 months ago

oh dear…this is like a story about a cloth bunny that drowned at sea I read when i was 9..

Damian, 11 months ago

Hi Anisha, that sounds like a sad story.

jaycee, 9 months ago

Awwwww, what else can I say.

Damian, 9 months ago

LOL, thanks jaycee!

Paul Compton, 7 months ago

I love you, bear.

Damian in reply to Paul Compton’s comment, 7 months ago

LOL Paul :)

Joanne Marie Shaw, 7 months ago

Well i have looked at it and I live thousands of miles away, think this bear is more important than he realises.
Great .

Damian in reply to Joanne Marie Shaw’s comment, 7 months ago

Thanks Joanne, that’s wonderful :)

arlene baird, 6 months ago

awwh so sad but cute

Damian in reply to arlene baird’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks arlene :)

KEITH R. WILL..., 4 months ago

poor little teddy, but the truth is they’ll pick him back up

Damian in reply to KEITH R. WILLIAMS’s comment, 4 months ago

LOL, thanks Keith. He can only hope so :)

greenfrog153, 3 months ago

Awwwwwww, poor teddy.

Damian in reply to greenfrog153’s comment, 2 months ago

LOL, thanks Greenfrog :)