PORTRAIT

The candid nature of this portrait is arresting. When I consider this photograph I find it difficult to judge what age the Dowling’s eldest son was. My records show that he was three and a half years old at the time this image was taken. What I know with the benefit of hindsight is so much of his now school age character and personality was already present at age three and a half. What a profound and privileged window photography affords us.

Candid photo of a smiling three and a half year old boy on the Mordialloc foreshore.

Testimonial: “When I take photos with my own camera I try to show what my kids are doing, but Darren’s photos really capture something emotional. In so many of the photos that Darren has taken of my kids, I can really see their gorgeous souls shining through. It’s their little spirits that we want to bottle and Darren’s photos allow us to do just that.” The Dowling family.