Child Photo Competition 2015 No 3
Results
Winning Photo

Like a little ghost, wandering around with a long white oversize shirt. An interesting and lively picture executed in the right way!

My name is Sean Donnelly. I shot this photo in La Casaccia on the La Foce estate near Montepulciano in Tuscany, while I was a guest of the girl's parents in July 2002. While my hosts slept off their jetlag, I staked out the hallway at dawn with my Hasselblad 203 FE and Planar T* 2/110 FE held low and pre-focused. I fired the shutter when she reached my range mark; I was lucky it coincided with her having a single toe in contact with the floor! The film was Kodak T400CN chromogenic B&W film, a favorite of mine for its tolerance of enormous scene contrast. Despite the blown highlights, I've always loved this moment of pure childhood.