Sunday, 23 October 2011

Thoughtful Sunday - In Pensive Mood

I cut this photo out of a magazine many years ago (don't know which or when so my apologies to the photographer that I cannot acknowledge it or ask his permission)  My notes tell me tha the girl was in a makeshift classroom in Pokrovskoye near Lake Baikal but I think she typifies children in classrooms the world over - such a marvellously pensive look.


Posted by Scriptor Senex at 00:58

6 comments:

  1. Librarian23 October 2011 at 07:14

    When I was about that girl's age, one of my teachers said to my mother, "She could do a lot better (at maths), you know, if she applied herself to it. But most of the time, she just sits there... and dreams."
    He was right.

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  2. Ian23 October 2011 at 10:57

    I once visited a temporary school on the shore of Lake Baikal. It was a barren, very cold, wind-swept place. The children's smiles were the warmest thing about the place.

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  3. Anonymous23 October 2011 at 11:00

    That really is a lovely photograph.

    Merci beaucoup,

    SP

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  4. Graham Edwards23 October 2011 at 11:34

    Sometimes a face, a look, can affect one so much. Because I don't carry images in my mind it can be very frustrating if I don't have a photo but can recall an incident. And, of course, as in this case, if you hadn't thought to cut the picture out of the magazine you could never have shared it with us. Thanks.

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  5. Beatrix23 October 2011 at 11:47

    GO! THE ALL BLACKS! LOL!

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  6. Kay G.23 October 2011 at 13:29

    This reminds me very much of the photographs made by Margaret Bourke White during the Depression in this country, in the 30's.
    Thanks for sharing this.

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