Nano 4 – Photograph

An eerie smile frozen in time, eyes a little too wide, lips drawn back a little too far, revealing teeth that are a little too sharp. The flash has warped the colors, leaving the eyes too white, the skin too yellow, blood too red.

The hands hold a doll, brown and ragged, well loved and well abused. A seam, having been restitched once, is already coming undone. A tiny bit of white fluff peeks out between the stark black thread.

Behind the subject of the photograph there is darkness, a black curtain that deepens the manic grin and hungry eyes.