(photo taken by: Frank Fournier)
In the article Omayra Sanchez by Isabel Allende she states that "The wonder of photography, is that it does what no words can do." When you look at a photo threes more room for question and wondering then if someone just told you about the picture, or reading the description from a book. when you see a picture it changes your mood in some way, and makes you either think what is going on in this picture or how does this picture effect my life and future.
Personally after seeing this picture and reading the article, it made me feel like I know this little girl, and I can understand what she is going through. The aspects of this photo that struck me the most is the girls eyes. They are very darken, giving off the sense that she is lost in this world with no real future. As she see it her future is very dark and there is really nothing to look forward to. The next thing that jumps out at me is that she is submerged in the water and all you see is her upper shoulders, hands, and face. You don't see the rest of her body so it makes you wonder how tall is she, or is the young girl fully clothed. Also her hand see very pale and dirty, as if she is some what dieing, or her hands are frozen from being in the water to long. It doesn't look like its a really sunny area so it could be a cold place she is in. In the photo the girl looks very confident and fearless of anything, but then again she does look sort of scared and unsure about what is really taking place in her life.
In the photo above I took from the chapter is of Omayra Shanchez in 1985 taken by Frank Fournier.
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