The image used is a picture of me with a friend’s son and daughter which was taken last summer in my hometown on the Arial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. 
The upper-left image, the original, shows a young girl holding hands with a man, and a boy who is covering his ears. The two children appear as if they are brother and sister. The feeling I get from this original picture is a typical summer’s day stroll in a touristy area on a bridge over water. The weather is sunny and clear, and the temperature is a comfortable room temperature. The relationship between the man and the children seems to be that of friends or uncle-niece/nephew. Everyone seems to be happy in the picture.The lower-right image was created by cropping, desaturating, adding hue and adjusting brightness. The intent on the creation of the second image was to generate a message to show a closer relationship, perhaps father-daughter to the observer. I wanted to create that vintage hometown, standard happy American family style image. The boy was left out of the picture for a couple reasons: 1. His positioning wasn’t proper for my intended message, 2. I wanted a bond between only the man (me) and the young girl. The desaturation creates, for me, a timeless piece.
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