Maya mother with Child, a photo from Chiapas, Southeast

Photographer's Note

She was hawking her wares: nicely embroidered bags, ribbons, dresses. As I pressed the shutter, her son suddenly got very nervous and squeezed his eyes shut...he was expecting a flash, I think, but of course I never use a flash :))

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maki (0) 2006-02-26 15:25

Hi,
Interesting double portrait. Nice colours and light. Good POV and cropping. I'm not only sure about sharpness of the background. It looks a little "fuzzy". All the best. maki

ktanska (20369) 2006-02-27 3:09

Very strong angle here providing interesting details from front to back. I would have never guessed that uneasy impression of the boy was because of your camera. Black plastic bag does not really add the charm here. But it also tells that this this is real life, nothing arranged.
Kari

KevRyan (22918) 2006-02-27 5:33

I love your POV here and the quality of the light - the contrast of the woman and background against the light is great - my only quibble the lighter line left in frame top right - for tidiness I think I'd take that out.

bw kev

Svillegas (1165) 2006-02-27 9:59

Hi Animesh
Interesting point of view and composition, maybe sharpness could be better, but the image works anyway.
Sonia

verde (957) 2006-02-27 18:23

I like your "washed" colors in this shot. very bright feeling as if I was right there.
the portraits of the kid and mom are excellent. I love her looking away and the child squinting his eyes closed.

the background is really interesting and works great with this shot.
thanks
b