This time of year finds me cleaning up my hard drive, which means sending certain files to archive status and making room for new images. While performing this necessary duty, I came across some images I made last fall while visiting my sister, her husband, and my nephew, George, while in the UK. When I returned from that trip, it was back into high gear for the end of high school seniors and the middle of fall, family portraits in Milwaukee. Tonight I had time to go back and really look at what I had.
This image is quintessential of a young boy's youth - his first hair cut. Propped up on a sit-upon, with the necessary drap of a white towel, George is seen just after the quick release of a few tears and gives me the face that says, "I'm not liking this but I can live with it for now." His blue eyes just pop out at you from under his fine, blond locks. This all comes from his father, as my sister is very much a red head.
As you know, I love to make real life images of kids! The kind that capture some of the moments that are both simple, but monumental as they pass by. This is one of them and it reminds me of a quote I remember from a UK playwright, from a play I recently saw at The Rep. The quote is talking about raising kids and it goes like this: "The years are short but the days are long."
This is but one moment of those short years.
The moral of the story is: always be thankful for cleaning things up because it just may lead to a really good find!
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