Anna Sellhed
Dorothea Lange, "Hands" (Maynard and Dan Dixon)
1930
Love. The unbreakable bond between a man and his son.
This is the first thing that comes to my mind when I see this image.
The composition of just seeing the tiny body of the child, and the hands of the man without seeing their faces creates a more intense image. Because then you are able to create your own vision of what is really happening. Are the child crying and the man comforting him, or are they laughing together?
This is one of Dorothea Lange specialties, documentary photography.
The image was shot in 1930, during the Great Depression, and therefore it is shot in black and white, which enhances the feeling of the desperation that people were living in during this time. Even if it had been shot today I think that it still would be a stronger image in black and white, than if it had been in colors.
