This is a photograph of a young boy playing on the border between east and west Jerusalem. I really like that the actual subject of the image is very small and the furthest object away from the camera. He is placed on the horizon so it really feels like he's on the border of something, at the very last point before he drops off the surface. The hanging clothes serve to communicate setting as well as frame the subject, so that even though he is small, he is made visible to the viewer. Also, the two sets of hanging clothes provide depth, as one is in the foreground and the other in the background. The photographer probably used a small aperture to gain an extended field of depth, so that the small boy in the background is still clear.
Julia
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