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The stillness and considered-ness of the portrait contrasts with the activity in the background that suggests, in fact, that the work was not considered at all. But, the color palette suggests that every aspect of the image was considered.
Photographs always trick the viewer, at least initially, to assume that an actual moment has been captured - - particularly so with images of people and of people in some motion. But no moment alone is shown in this work. It may have started with a moment but then it was transformed by the artists to something quite different. The camera and the post production create a formality that we know could not have been "there." The color blends are too perfectly shaded to be anything the naked eye would have caught. The separation of the subject is too strong to be true to that moment; but ideal in the portrait. And the expression is candid - - not studied and not considered and certainly not directed - - which is what sets it off so wonderfully against the otherwise fully controlled and manipulated surroundings done to suggest a formal purpose.
The success of it all depends on the suggestion of motion in the background set off against the stillness - - it belies the cup of tea - - and suggests the work of parenting; a job that is never done.
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