This photo was taken for the Daily Herald by photojournalist Brian Hill. I find the composition of this photo very interesting because while there are many things in in the foreground and background which have potential to make an overly 'busy' image, the photographer zoned in on the subject of the photograph by darkening everything around the little boy. There is a line which starts in the lower left portion of the photo (by the handlebars) and travels on an upward diagonal leading us to center of the photograph. Then, the boy is reinforced as the subject by the framing of the branches which fall around his body. The obvious distance and barrier between the subject and the person taking the picture are representative of the little boy going on to another world (an afterworld) in which he is taken away by a caring being. Even the trees seem to be taking him. The bridge in the background reminds us of his former journey, and a bicycle is representative of his childhood. The darkness of the foreground and background speak to the fading of his former life, and the highlight of his skin to the light he is approaching.
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