More than any other image I've produced, I've struggled to determine my own feelings (and thus a suitable commentary) about this submission.
This seems to me a subtly discordant vignette of motherhood: Madonna and child seem oddly disconnected; a sense of wary, distant emotions permeate the scene. The infant seems at best neutral to the maternal affections, which appear to be accompanied with an expression of nostalgia . . . and the woman watches over the pair with an ill-defined seriousness (perhaps reflecting her own feelings about mother-child relationships).
Enhancing the mood as a study in vague conflicts, the proximity of the frame creates a claustrophobic construction, imposing a forced intimacy amongst this trio.
Untitled, #3721
(c)2009 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: June 20, 2009; Canon 20D; f/5.6 @ 1/15 sec; -2/3 EV; ISO 800; 55mm.
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