1) I found this photo on the National Geographic Website.

2) The Photographer is Julie Adnan

3) The Photograph was taken in February of 2010

4) What I like about this photograph is the bright yet real colors. I like the way that the paint somehow matches and flows together even though it is just thrown on to the wall. I also love the way that the green chalk board frames the little boy in the middle of the picture. Most of all, I love the message that this picture sends. The fact that this tiny, innocent, and gifted Iraqi boy can still play his violin amid all of the horror and civil war that surrounds him is an incredible inspiration. You can hear the notes that he plays throughout all the chaos. You can hear the hope that he plays.

5) The kind of light that was used by this photographer was completely natural with subtle contrast. The natural color that lies within the image do a good job of emphasising what is important on its own.

6) The photographer uses the green chalk board as a nice and natural frame to focus the little boy with the violin. She also did a nice job waiting for the little boy to move his arm in the position it is in to balance out his body position.

7) I think that the photographer of this photo was trying to capture the innocence, spirit, and hope that still remains in Iraq. She took a completely different look at Iraq, and instead of focusinf on the turmoil and disaster of the bloodshed that war brings to the country Julie took a picture of the exact opposite. She made it very clear that this boy holds the hope that Iraq needs to overcome its conflict. She took this picture to help all who see it realize that there is beauty in even the most desolate parts of the world; all we need to do is look for it. Or at least listen for it.