This picture was taken during the rehearsals of a theather play in a centenarian theather (The Pavón) in Madrid, Spain. Actually, it happened during a break. The actress was playing with a little girl. It was quite fascinating to me. So I tried to capture the magic of the moment. But the result once I saw the picture was far beyond my expectations...
On the right, we seem to look at the past. The princess skirt, the carpet, the Barbie dools, the shoes, the tissue, the piece of furniture, the warm colors... All these elements kind of recreate the little girl's room.
On the contrary, on the left, the colors become colder. Everything looks fuzzy. A man is passing, there are cables on the floor and the little girl appears spectral. It looks like the actress is playing with the child-version of herself.
She is playing with the past, trying to revive the sweetness of her childhood, trying to escape her adult life.... for just a little while.
