Childhood

louise, 8 months ago

You have captured such a precious moment…

Those eyes…draw you in….

and beg you to stay…

BiGPaPa, 8 months ago

Oh the feeling in this shot great job.

Jennifer Vickers, 8 months ago

Such raw expression here…. humbling.

shanghaiwu, 8 months ago

you have style/ amazingly well captured

taken in 85.you must have more!

jerry alcantara, 8 months ago

this is stunning life shot!

Andy Harris, 8 months ago

super capture of a lovely pair of children… such a lovely smile – great photo!

Herkissable, 8 months ago

this is so gorgeous!

Firedrake, 8 months ago

Wow..what a fantastic portrait!! The desaturated colours work so well

Ruth Palmer, 8 months ago

This is a brilliant capture!

Lumineux, 8 months ago

What a contrast, such obvious poverty and such pure happiness in those smiling eyes. A very poignant image, captured with much humanity. Very well done.

Ken Aitchison, 7 months ago

What a great expression on the little girls face! Nice capture. Ken

Antanas, 7 months ago

Great capture

Hagen, 7 months ago

Great portrait

Simon Mears, 7 months ago

wonderful picture. well done, what a moment

Michelle Boyer, 7 months ago

Wow- great image

Xenia Victori..., 7 months ago

majestic!

Tania Rose, 7 months ago

what an extraordinary image!

gemynd, 7 months ago

wonderful editorial shot…..stunning capture

Ciska, 7 months ago

Wow such a fantastic shot.

billyboy, 7 months ago

Wow, this is an impressive portrait! You`ve made good use of available light, perfect exposure and selective depth to give this a 3 dimensional quality. Very natural pose and expression, you must have made her feel very comfortable to get that natural smile. But what I think I like the most is your strong composition and crop, and subdued tonal balance. This picutre stands out amounst the best I`ve seen in the reportage genre, and it would certainly not be out of place on the pages of National Geographic. I can`t think of any better way of telling you how much I like this, and I`m really surprised there aren`t more comments here. Killer shot !!

billyboy, 7 months ago

PS: forgot to mention the catchlight in the eyes. Nice touch!

Clarissa Stuart, 7 months ago

Good art is supposed to evoke an emotional response. This image does just that. I see such innocence and hope in her eyes, but the texture of the skin on her hands speaks to how hard her life is. The setting speaks of squalor, but there is also joy here. Simple, powerful. Extraordinarily sharp, in more ways than one.

Anthony Begovic, 7 months ago

Hi Roslyn
If I wore a hat I’d take it off to congratulate you on this excellent artwork.
I love it.

Scott Ruhs, 7 months ago

Wonderful portrait. great smile and look.

Carmen Cilliers, 7 months ago

Wow beautiful work- were you doing aid work?

georgegarwol, 7 months ago

great job. right time, right place. perfect!

Erin Lyall, 7 months ago

This is gorgeous, there’s so much feeling in her eyes.

shell4art, 7 months ago

National Geographic would love this one! They do have a submit your own images for review. I would suggest you submit this. The composition, colors, emotions and tones are really spot on!

pmistric, 7 months ago

This is great. I agree with Shell4art…I can see this being in the NG magazine. Just stunning.

Peter Hall, 7 months ago

Billyboy hit the nail on the head. Have you though of submitting it to Nat Geo?

coffeetea, 7 months ago

great capture ! such a nice sister caring her little brother. lighting good.

Rod Adams, 7 months ago

I’m in awe!!

Lior Goldenberg, 7 months ago

Splendid shot!

Melissa Contreras, 7 months ago

Wonderful shot.

Maria Mann, 7 months ago

Hi Roslyn, you have a wonderful portfolio. With my “other” life being a photo director for an international news agency I see so many different sides of you, all of them sensitive, but unique. Congratultions.

Globalphotos, 6 months ago

Wow, what an amazing shot !! Must have been an incredible experience :)

Jeremy Harrington, 6 months ago

this is brilliant.. a stunning shot perfectly captured..

Helene Kippert, 6 months ago

Such a wonderful portrait!

Zigga, 6 months ago

Brilliant portrait. You’ve captured the innocence of children beautifully despite the harshness of life. A really special image!

Helen Bascom KMA, 6 months ago

Oh precious little children. Great image.

Astrid Pardew, 6 months ago

This is one of the warmest portraits I have ever seen. It is very moving and so natural. Bravo!

Heather Rivet..., 6 months ago

very powerful

ajreece, 6 months ago

Unbelievably stunning!!

Craig Hender, 6 months ago

Stunning portrait.

Martie Venter, 6 months ago

Wow – amazing and very powerful portrait, awesome work!

Sharon Hammond, 6 months ago

What a magnificent & powerful image.

Nicole Goggins, 6 months ago

wow! this is such a powerful image – so emotive. love the tones/colours and light… well done!

poppykitten, 6 months ago

This is such an amazing image, there is such age in the girls eyes and hands-wise beyond her years.

Jessica Karran, 6 months ago

beautiful photo, so intriguing!

Gary Murison, 6 months ago

Stunning shot Roslyn. I love the different emotions. Well framed too. Best wishes

Ken Aitchison, 6 months ago

Roslyn, This is my second comment on this image. I view it in my favorites often and am stricken each time by how captivating the image is. I don’t know if you ever saw the NG cover with the Afghany (sp?) young girl with the stunning/captivating green eyes but this image has a very similar impact on me. Regards, Ken

Nira Dabush, 6 months ago

Terrible poverty , YET Love & Caring in this beautiful girl’s eyes. Great emotional sensitive photo. Love it.

Tanya Bright, 6 months ago

Excellent capture….a very powerful image.

Paul Alleyne, 6 months ago

A very good composition. Would love it in B&W as well

Roy barry, 6 months ago

An Absolutely Gorgeous Portrait, simply Gorgeous!

maka1967, 6 months ago

there is so much joy and love. very touching.

PigleT, 6 months ago

Now that’s a completely great portrait.

Jennifer Woodward, 5 months ago

Great capture – well done!

EdgeOfReality, 5 months ago

This image is definately a classic and to me it plays on more than one emotion. As soon as I saw it and before I read other comments I thought that this was as good as I’ve ever seen in the National Geographic Magazine. It joins my favourites.

Coralie Casey, 4 months ago

What a beautiful shot…

Cvail73, 4 months ago

I revisit this photo from time to time, a proper Geo photo that is!!!

Jan Landers, 3 months ago

very touching…..thank you for sharing….

cdwork, 3 months ago

An enchanting capture

Florence McLean, about 1 month ago

Super picture, at the same time sad and glad….

Astrid Pardew, about 1 month ago

Amazing portrait! Truly a superb capture.

Umbra101, about 1 month ago

Beautiful portrait :)

blossom, 18 days ago

You have beautifully captured a precious moment in time!! Wonderful!