Okay, so I am outrageously proud of this photograph.
I was in a show my freshman year of college – it was a jolly Victorian murder-mystery – and there were a lot of kids in it. Big crowd scenes.
One of the little girls, who wore a red cape in the show, liked to jump rope backstage. I happened to snap this photograph of her coming down the hall backstage – and she looks truly DEMONIC. The lights are off because it is during a show … so she appears to be coming at me like some demonic angel of death!
I love this picture so much. Especially because it is not posed – she was truly just having an innocent moment of fun during her long boring stretches backstage – but the photo just happened to come out creepy as hell.
The upswing of the rope IS truly frightening.
Great photo, Sheila.
Sheila, I have been loving all these scans. From the funny to the frightening to the poignant, they’re all great. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Her smile is also, frankly, terrifying.
Cullen – so glad to hear it! I obviously need to keep going – so I am glad they are fun for other people to look at.