The Story Behind the Photograph - Anna Smith - An old friend...well, almost.

Not often is this much character captured in a studio photograph, but when it happens, it is superlative. Wouldn’t you have loved to ask her just one question? Look at that smile. She is about to burst into a laughter that will permeate your being. There is a humor about to envelop the room, an inner beauty that is an adventure, a love that immerses your heart in indelible joy and anticipation. Look at that pose. She is ready to spring into a dance. Holding still is not in her repertoire. She is full of embraces and faces and affection. She would be comfortable in the garden swing or astride a palomino. I would have loved to have shared an afternoon tea or a six-pack with her. Oh, the stories she could tell, the laughter she could share, the memories she could make. I never knew her but I miss her terribly. Now, THAT my friends, is photography. Alice M says: Share a six-pack with her ? (now, THAT, my friend is... anachronism !) (but I love your text) (more than the pic) (and parenthesis too) anyjazz65 says: Thanks very much for your visit and comments. A comment that makes one think is a treasure. Yes, perhaps I should have said “a snifter” or “a pint of mead” or “a flagon of Rhenish” instead. It’s a human frailty probably: trying to adjust everything in terms of our own personal reality. In this case she probably wouldn’t have cared which reality she shared. She does look quite unflappable.

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