Honorable Mention
Sophie - Old Heads on Young Shoulders
DESCRIPTION
This is Sophie and she is 5 years old. The story I wanted to tell centers around the perception that the youth of today often want to appear grown up before they fully experience childhood. So many adults wanting to put old heads on young shoulders? The dress is too grown up and the eyes are too knowing. All things she will gain through the "growing up" years. The apple represents knowledge in my photos. AUTHOR
It has taken me a while to consider myself a photographer. In my lifetime I have been daughter, sister, wife, mother, empty nester, grandmother, great grandmother, widow and partner. Never in those years was I a photographer. Frankly except for family memories (which I cherish) , I didn't have time. Some might and have said that I am stubborn. I prefer determined. I have also been described as quirky, but only by those who say they love me. I have always seen stories in the world around me but without a camera I didn't have a way or the knowledge to tell these stories. Now that I have a camera that was gifted to me, the journey and story telling has found it's path. 