A lot of the ideas in her photographs seem to be about life and mortality. This one speaks to those ideas very succinctly. There's a connection between a child and a grandparent, but there's also a disconnection. One, the child, looking out of the frame, the other, the grandparent at the child, and their hands not touching, but still reaching to each other.
It's a powerful image, a large idea, and yet a very simply stated. One of her best, I think, thanks for picking it to discuss. |