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love. this. shot.
My first thought about this boy was that he looked super defiant, because of the way the light is on his face and the tense gesture of his arms. The background definitely helps to intensify that feeling, because the boy has nowhere to turn around and run to.
I also found myself referencing a Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem, about children playing in the spray of fire hoses...and then, of course, about Black protestors being held back by violent sprays of water and biting dogs as they fought for equality two generations ago. In that context, his youth and fierceness, and the fact that this is a contemporary photograph, imply that there is still a lot of issues regarding equality that need to be resolved before normal play can resume for a "Summer Boy."
Oh. And then you included TWO Lady Gaga references, which says you're obsessed, whether it was intentional or not
You've produced quite a loaded snapshot here. In some ways, it's kind of sad that you probably couldn't take a shot of an African American boy being sprayed by water without referencing fire hoses and racism...and it might be ubiquitous, but it is there. It also adds a certain strength to this image that I haven't seen in a lot of the other "American" shots. Good luck in the contest!