Old Woman, New World
This is my favorite photo out of the 500 or so that I took last winter in Yunnan. It’s not the most beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but it has a symbolic meaning to it that I was extremely lucky to catch. I was just walking down the street with my camera open, and as I saw this lady, I stealthily turned to snap a picture from my stomach-height as she walked by.
The woman clings to the past. The future is already here, and she seems almost ill and dizzy in a new world of shopping complexes and brand-name clothes. All of the modern age is caught up in this one blurry moment, and everything is so unclear to her. She clings to the hand of her grandson, who laughs and plays in a world he can understand but she cannot.
But she is the one with the keys to this new world dangling around her neck.
WOW! I knew there was so much more in the depths of your Davidness…
YOU are filled with many talents, and as I so aptly said, someone with Vision - creative I might add..
I definitely see in you a kindred spirit. I love the way you write about your photographs. Did you know my favorite thing in the whole wide world is to write about what I see and experience in the WORLD?? (my personal dream has always been to be a journalist writing stories as I travel to distant, and not-so-distant lands..).
cool - we have muchmuch in common.
So so grateful I met you!
Bunches of love and hugs,
MelissaPosted by on 07/11 at 06:40 PM
