Shadow Children

By raincoaster

You’ve probably seen it already, but in case you haven’t:

Click the pic to see it full size. The site doesn’t give credit to the photographer, nor can I find that information anywhere, so if anyone knows who took this shot, please put it in the comments and we’ll link the pic to their site instead. In the meantime, here are a different kind of shadow children.

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 at 8:50 am by raincoaster and is filed under Art, Boy Shoes, Diversions, Girl's shoes, Shoes, The Cuteness Abounds. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Share This

4 Responses to “Shadow Children”

JaneC Says:
September 15th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
For some reason, I find this picture disturbing.
Glinda Says:
September 15th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
It is a little eerie, no doubt.
Atasha Says:
September 15th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I kept looking at it for quite sometime and I got the creeps but I love it
raincoaster Says:
September 16th, 2007 at 2:03 am
I like that it’s so evocative, yet indirect. To me, it speaks of the power of children to affect us even when they are not physically present, and about the role of children in our society. Are they to be seen and not heard? Are they a minority in their own right? Or are they people-in-training, who won’t “graduate” till they become grownups. This picture asks so many more questions than it answers, and that’s what I love about it.

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