i had forgotten how much i love photographer jill greenberg and then was suddenly inspired by my long day at work, and remembered these incredible portraits of crying children.
i think they're amazing. and i remember reading something a long, long time ago about how she was just fascinated by the sheer range of emotion a child could feel within a tiny span of time; that she didn't do anything to upset them, but would rather observe them go from utter delight to total despair in just a moment...
and of course they capture this thing that we can never describe that is so tangible when we witness it, the stirring inside us when we see real sorrow. and though these kids were hunky-dory again in about two seconds flat, for an instant, greenberg was able to capture their miniature tragedy, and i think that is really beautiful.
love,
j
ps. if you're interested at all in bears, which i absolutely am, i adore them, you should also look at her portraits of them in "ursine." actually, all her stuff is good. really stupid beautiful good. and there are even some pictures of happy children to boot. (however, if you're easily offended, i'd avoid the art archive. everything else is safe).
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