WTC 2003

JoAnn Verburg captured this photograph entitled 'WTC' and I think that it shows such a tenderness and intimacy, don’t you? I'm drawn to the light here, how it softens everything, even the hard newsprint. It makes me wonder what it was like for Verburg to find this moment, so quiet and still, amidst all the noise of the world. I can imagine her, carefully framing the shot, considering the way the light filters through the leaves. The person reading the newspaper becomes anonymous, hiding behind the headlines, maybe trying to make sense of the world. I’m touched by the composition, the way the plants frame the figure, creating a sense of enclosure and peace. It reminds me that art can be found in the most ordinary of moments, if only we take the time to look. Ultimately, it is in the everyday that we come together.