For a split second, the kid is in the hands of gravity, but you just know he’s going to be all right. Maybe it’s the matching pajamas that give it away. It’s Christmas morning, perhaps, and the kids want to play with a father, or an uncle. But what really seals the deal on the tone of the piece is the quality of the sunlight, streaming through the window behind them. It lets us see the care the adult is putting into it, lets us see the way the kid is enjoying the ride. He may be falling, but the landing will be safe.
Liah Sinq’s photo is part of“Sunlight and Candlelight,” running now at the NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery at Gateway Community College through Oct. 4. The mixed-media show, curated by Noe Jimenez,“combines three artists’ individual practices to create a colorful and quiet examination of light and instance,” an accompanying statement reads.
