This photography was taken in New York, 1999. Maier took this image using a film camera in black and white. Her Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera is different from a normal SLR camera, as it has different viewfinder system, and enables Maier to view from above at her waist level, which provides the street photograph to be nature. Documentary photography is difficult to set up the camera with the shortage time, especially, the film camera that it takes longer than a digital camera. Maier did not prepare to take this photo, as she normally had the outing with the children she looked after for. She was walking along the local street in New York and saw the random boy on the way, he looked outside the window with a nostalgic feeling. His eyes were particularly attractive, which it might be the reason that Maier took this photography. It could be said that this image was in an actual condition or documentary photograph. As a result of shooting in a documentary photograph, This provides the …show more content…
It has made waves of an impact as a method of truth-telling in difficult times, which raise awareness of things like society. Moreover, this photograph is in a portraiture category, which the face, facial features as well as facial expressions are made predominant. The photograph expresses a physical likeness of the boy, who seemed in the age between 5-8 years old, especially the boy’s character and lifestyle. I can clearly see his deeply emotional when he looked at Maier. It seems like she did not want just to convey the feeling to the viewer, but also an understanding of the human. The boy in the image was in the clean white shirt and blazer, which by looking at the outfit, it seems like the boy is from the wealthy family. Maier photographed this image in 1953, which it shows in the photo that in that era, people be fond of wearing a western-style jacket, matching