Sheep Dip

While on the Staten Island, New York, set of my short film, "Hunger Pains," I took one of the film's props, a complete sheep's head, and had a crew member hold it up to his face while I photographed this facial tableau. I like this image so much that I'm currently using it as the basis of an ekphrasis short story I've titled "Sheep Dip."

Camera
Country
Picture Year
Photographer
Quote
"There comes a time in every man's life when he must grab the bull by the tail and face the situation." W.C. Fields
Кarine Petrosyan
Аbovyan
This is a place in Armenia where storks live next to humans without fear, trusting them. 
Sebastian Gora
Mumbai
Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai, the world’s largest open-air laundry, is a place where tradition and daily life blend in a unique rhythm. With my camera, I captured the lives of workers and residents—their hard work, colorful fabrics, and moments of calm in their daily routines. This place stands as a…
ndinguMbasa
King William's Town
The image captures the generational tradition where the youth evolve into tenders of the land in honor of their ancestral roots. The innocence ephemeral, it ripens into the weight of duty.
Aljohara Jeje
Huraymila
Tais-toi et sois belle (French for ‘shut up and be pretty’) was the adage that shaped my upbringing. The expectation was clear: to become a woman, one must be pleasing and appeasing. My mother, adhering to this doctrine, taught me that I must always be prepared to smile so that others would find me…