[Leica] the beautiful faces....poppy

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Simply wonderful.

For me, it is definitely the most powerful of the set so far.  I felt 
quite a powerful emotional rush when I saw this.  It reminded of when we 
used visit Pearl, my mother in law.   We would often see her or other 
people in the care home in a similar pose.  Not asleep, but withdrawn 
into their own world.  Somewhere that for them is safe and familiar. I 
think the shallow DOF and bokeh in the shot emphasise this feeling.

When we visited, we never knew whether she would recognise us if she 
came back.

One can't help but wonder who this gentleman was and what he did.  He 
could have been a Nobel prize-winning physicist, teacher, doctor or 
construction worker.


Thanks you again for pursuing this project and portraying what for me is 
a terrifying illness with care and skill.


Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
Picture a week (2010)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
Picture a week (2009)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
                (2008) 
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008

On 23/12/2010 21:29, Steve Barbour wrote:
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