Anshul Sushil, who lives in New Delhi, India asked to and then went through my Flickrstream of photos, wanting to offer his own written interpretation of one photo. He chose:
He picked up on a few things different from those I was thinking of when I took the picture or even what I think of the photo now.
It’s pure unadulterated vivaciousness in the eyes of the girl - sheer excitement that makes you feel happy…
But the clear and obvious thing about the picture is the vibrant colors, which Anshul also picked out:
Colors - colors have always been so cheerful - they denote variation of things, elements in life - and break monotonicity of life…this is very well exemplified in the picture.
It’s always fun to see how other see what you see. The story behind the dressis that the girl was part of a Folklorico dance group. She was a part of the smaller group of dancers who were older than the rest, and therefore they and she danced toward the end of the day, in Eloy, AZ. This photo wads published in the Eloy Enterprise, where I was editor at the time. This photo, was also picked and I was paid for it to be used to represent Mexican heritsge in the Philadeplhia Chamber of Commerce visitor’s guide last year.
I feel compelled to mention for my own sanity, again, that there is a very poor ratio of good to OK, to up-there-for-no-reason photos at my Flickr. It’s not a pro account and for a long time I almost completely ignored it. It’s only this year as I became more engaged with social media outlets that I begin to edit and delete many.
