"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange

Sunday, August 12, 2007

boy from white city



I have been looking at this boy in black and white for a few weeks now. But today I finally saw him in color. (Is it possible that ordinarily I see as I have heard dogs see - only in black and white?) Is that true about dogs, anyway?

I met him, along with some of his buddies, in a rickety, rusted-out old park in White City, Kansas. He clearly had trouble keeping up with his slim, fit, energetic friends, but he did his best to stay in the game. There was a sweetness/sadness to him that kept pulling me in.

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