Farah

A Childs World Growing up in an Egyptian community, I have developed a strong desire for taking pictures of young children at play in their natural settings. The children's strong desire, passion, and amusement when at play has enhanced my portfolio. My theme of children at play aims to capture children in all their movements in an attempt to express the way in which children spend their leisure time. I chose to portray children from various cultures in an attempt to analyze the way in which children respond and act in the world we live in today. The strong passion that put in my work has pushed me to experiment with different media and techniques, such as toning, dodging and burning, painting, bleaching, and photoshoping. I strongly feel that my photographs evoke strong emotions and express the feelings of these children, while they are engaged in play. One of my main objectives of my photographs was to represent the union of children from different cultural backgrounds to show that racism, segregation, and discrimination are no longer present. The strengths and of my photographs are that they truly capture the rare and precious moments of innocence, beauty, and purity. To enhance my photographic techniques I researched about different artists on the Internet and in books. I also researched about different various cultures to expand my knowledge and to better understand the world in which were living in today. One of the main problems that I encountered was that it was difficult to capture the images of children at play as the quick movement of the children sometimes caused the pictures to be out of focus. Yet, I tried to overcome that by carefully taking the photograph while they were preparing for action.