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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Girl On Swing

"A girl in a white dress sits on a swing, dangling her feet above the stream below; holding flowers she collected in her hands." Just after my 19th birthday, I saw this swing on a friend's Instagram page. It was hidden under this bridge in a local park, and when I saw it, this image of a girl flashed in front of my mind. I combined my love for painting and the digital world into one to capture the girl as she was in my head. This photograph just leaves me with questions. Who is she? Where's she coming from? What's she thinking?

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Flourtown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Copyright: © Angel James