Diane Ciarloni
Give Us These Days...
Not every day is picture-perfect, but somewhere in those twenty-four hours, is an incredible moment in time. - DMC
The Characters
Moments In Time
I have only a scant handful of photos from my childhood; just a few frozen-in-time moments captured, back then, in black and white. Everything else....all my other memories....are preserved in the catacomb corridors of my brain which, one day, may become blurred with age. That, perhaps, is why pictures are so precious to me today.
I don't hide my photographs in dusty albums shut up in the dark interiors of musty boxes but, instead, I display them on walls and shelves and mantels. A significant number of the people, places and animals in those moment-in-time reflections are no longer with me. Many are lost to death. Others followed life paths that diverged from my own. And still others were sent to me for only a season or two. It doesn't matter, because there is never an absence of presence as long as I can look at one of those photographs....remember....smile and....sometimes....laugh. Regardless of the circumstances taking place later, the precise mili-second when the camera shutter clicked was joyous.
Those lovely moments-in-time are a constant, rhythmic beat in my heart. Walking by and glancing at them allows me to inhale an extra breath of happiness and that is very, very special.
