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What a touching concept.  This tells the story of those left behind with unfinished promises and memories of what might have been.  Without words a whole story is expressed in a few shades of black and white.

The use of window light has accentuated the texture of the subject’s hands.  The way her fingers are framing the photograph with such care shows love for the young soldier in the portrait.  Of particular interest is the way you cropped the photo along two corners makes it just that much more important to the story.

In a set up still life the photographer is responsible for every detail.  There are two things I would recommend.  The ring on her right hand appears to have rotated around her finger.  The image may have been even more powerful if there were only one ring on her wedding finger.  If you had complete control of the setup you might have placed a white reflector card just off to the left to reduce some of the rim shadow from her hands on the portrait.

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