Regard d'une vieille femme, a photo from Sud, South

Photographer's Note

Voici une orpheline qui ne doit pas être âgée de plus de 10 mois (quoiqu'en Haïti, les enfants sont souvent en mal nutrition donc on ne connait jamais l'âge exactement) et elle semble réfléchir comme une dame d'un certain âge, n'est-ce pas inquiètant?

C'est une photo qui a été développé en laboratoire, je l'ai "scanné", "cropé" et rajouté du flou en arrière plan.Je n'ai pas enlevé le "noise" car ça lui enlevait du détail... j'espère que vous l'apprécierai!

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clodreno (0) 2005-03-31 7:55

etonnante en effet cette image. Son regard est vraiment celui d'une personne agée.. Touchant et déroutant.
Encore un pays oublié...
Merci de ce regard.
Bienvenue sur TE Isabelle.

CliffW (2381) 2005-03-31 8:01

Yes, she has far too much on her mind for a child. Sad photo, moving but well shot and crafted.

Paolo (41258) 2005-03-31 8:05

The image is very beautiful...but there isn't happiness in the eyes of that child...and this is a tragedy.
I have a son of 9 months old...and that image is very sad for me!!!
ciao.

yzzabelle (257) 2005-03-31 8:30

Il fallait avoir une attention particulière pour faire une telle photo, et tu as réussi. Son regard est effectivement dérangeant.
Très impressionnant

caro73 (84) 2005-03-31 8:37

Isa,

J'adore cette photo l'expression est extraordinaire....Même s'il reste du bruit, il n'est pas gênant...Elle est vraiment magnifique la regarderme serre le coeur.

Merci pour ce beau partage.

Caro

toni_al (15875) 2005-03-31 11:30

Très beau ce portrait. Même si l'enfant ne regarde pas, il y a quelque chose qui nous envahi en le regardant
Superbe image
Toni

fooeleen (713) 2005-03-31 13:10

an image with a little sadness yet very beautiful. yes, she looks thoughtful, and you've captured her well.

BAKO (1691) 2005-03-31 17:56

it is really great shot Isabelle,
nothin to say.

PS: i convert the photo to duotones but i have to say the original is better :)

Bako

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Gudule (128) 2005-03-31 19:07

J'ai lu et relu votre note, C'est vrai que la façon dont elle regarde ou observe je ne sais quoi, son visage n'a pas l'âge d'un bébé de 10 mois...mais d'une adulte qui semble avoir un doute. Sur quoi?
Belle physionomie, très réussie. Bravo.

jegauth (424) 2005-04-01 14:12

Wow exellent.
Bien vu.
J'aurais mis un peu de jaune et de rouge pour rendre un peu de nostalgie (je voulais faire un workshop mais je pense que ta photo à été scanner en mode noir et blanc, donc impossible de changer le degré des couleurs). Encore une fois bravo.
Jérôme

Sumer (0) 2005-05-01 1:10

Salut Isa! (enfin quelques minutes pour mettre ces commentaires que je veux écrire depuis si longtemps :o)...)

Cette photo est, de loin, ma préférée. J'ai passé plusieurs minutes à la regarder et il m'arrive encore, à l'occasion, de me replonger dans ce regard si profond et si troublant. Je ne sais pas ce qu'il cache, mais je sens que l'humanité gagnerait peut-être à le découvrir... Tes photos témoignent d'une telle sensibilité et celle-ci, vraiment, me renverse.

Bravo et Merci!!

Svillegas (1169) 2005-11-28 10:09

Sensational portrait, it says a lot, it's very powerfull

lueur (50) 2006-01-17 15:32

Cette photo me trouble beaucoup. Ce visage ne fait pas ses 10 mois, et je lui aurais plutôt donné 10 ans. Et ce regard... il me rappelle le regard d'une femme d'une cinquantaine d'année que j'avais croisée à l'anpe. il y avait peu d'espoir pour elle de voir sa vie s'améliorer, vu son age, elle semblait "vivre puisqu'il le faut bien", comme cette petite fille. et son regard, tout comme celui-ci, trahissait beaucoup de deceptions... comment est-il possible d'en avoir subi autant à 10 mois?
Cette photo est parfaite sur le plan technique, selon moi.
:-)

iGirl (1223) 2006-01-17 15:55

A very moving photo. Good job with cropping and depth of field!

jb06 (150) 2006-01-25 12:36

A very mysterious photo. Children this young usually don't make those kind of faces, you are right when you say she is making the face an old woman might make. Indeed, it is kind of disturbing, but amazing non the less. Keep up the good work and keep posting.

Jeweller (4) 2006-02-22 13:52

Very nice indeed. The expression is great.

aralda (1240) 2006-02-22 14:03

Hi Isabelle,
Great cropping and effects. Your frame is perhaps too strong, and the noise could be removed, but other than that the image works well.
Raluca

Jim53 (94) 2006-05-08 7:19

Beautiful composition. I can see no fault with this photo. In my view it is perfect.
Thanks for sharing.

Jim.

repaulson (607) 2006-05-08 16:30

It is indeed a sad sight and you have captured it well. Very gripping. So young she doesn't even know how helpless she truely is. -r

Liekje (574) 2006-06-12 6:13

Beautiful how you captured this young child with her thoughts.

soumik1976 (185) 2006-08-09 6:25

Dear Isabelle,
The human civilization is going through a crisis as never before. The days of brute imperilaism is perhaps gone but has taken a subtle and more dangerous form, that of economic imperialism. The children in the under-developed countries are facing malnutrition resulting in high mortality rates; lack of education and political instability sometimes fuelled by external forces adding to their misery.
It is a moving portrait of one of those millions of children.

Regards,
Soumik

apologie (209) 2006-08-30 6:08

Hay veces que te gustan las cosas y no sabes por qué...intentas buscarle explicacion pero no la tiene...precioso gesto del niño captado, triste mirada...traspasa la foto

tidil (215) 2006-08-30 6:58

I have always wondered what little children think in their minds and what they are able see from this world that I cannot see after all those years.
Yes Isa, this is really striking. How could she be that thoughtful- is she really aware of her parents missing?
And for the photo, I always believe that B&W photos show the feelings more explicitly than the color ones.
Thanks for sharing...

Talia (242) 2006-12-06 17:33

Very intense photo, Isabelle!
Her expression is quite disturbing as is her whole posture. With the way her hands are positioned. It makes me want to give her a great big hug!
Great capture!
Talia

annemafraz (0) 2006-12-18 17:56 [Comment]

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declanalcock (127) 2007-07-06 5:26

Isabelle,
Fantastic photo but as you say it's also disturbing. A child should not have to worry like this.
Well done

Declan

dareco (17136) 2007-08-10 5:14

This is such a precious picture!! The expression is sweet. I just want to cuddle this baby :)

marine-coeur (1068) 2007-11-04 1:17

Very important message,and picture, DO IT AGAIN, excellent work, well done isabelle and best wishes.

Monsoon (6) 2008-01-10 8:28 [Comment]

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cdmonson (5284) 2008-11-11 13:32

Hi Isabelle:

Wow. What a tragedy, these children with no childhood. Haiti is home to such desperation. This is one of the best people shots I've ever seen, because it says so much. It's all there--the deprivation, hunger, pain, and despair that this child has felt at the tender age of 10 months, the hopelessness, the lack of life in those eyes. I think that's the main thing--it's that lack of vigor in old people's eyes that gives them that "old woman look," and it's the overflowing vigor in children's eyes that makes them look young and vibrant. This child has no vigor in her eyes because she has seen nothing to give her hope or happiness. Wow. What an incredible shot.

Clark

pisces (782) 2009-04-23 10:29

Hi Isabelle!
This is a such a striking portrait and the title is touching especially after reading your note!
The close crop and the blurry background plus the noise adds to the effect and makes you want to know what she is thinking!
TFS
Maria

PainDivine69 (1) 2010-05-11 10:38

Wonderful portrait with a disturbing expression. Very well seen and managed.

Regards, Björn

roshangar (1682) 2011-02-09 22:15

It's rally touching! The way you did the composition makes to feel the weight of life on her!Good work

Lwilborn (0) 2011-09-14 21:34

I see a baby to young to even have knowledge that something is not right, but she does sense it.....how come the world can't...I see so much in this picture, such unheard of maturity in such a young Angel, she should not have the weight of life in her eyes but should have joy unspeakable joy, something she may never know. A picture tells a thousand words!