Honorable Mention TIFA 2021 People / Children

The Long Reach

  • Photographer
    Fred W. Gillaspy
  • Agency / Studio
    Pelican Foto
  • Technical Info
    Sony A7ii, 24mm W/fe 24-105mm F4 G Oss, 1/250 At F/5.6, Iso 320
  • Photo Date
    26 Dec 2019

A small child's hand straining and stretching to reach the oft-touched and polished gleaming toes of one of the bronze monument statues at Hoover Dam. So close, yet so far away. Come back in a few years!

Fred W. Gillaspy has exhibited his work at galleries and won competitions in the USA, France and Japan. He captures a unique sense of place at numerous enchanting international locales, and most recently began publishing books showcasing his photography and written perspectives of his travels. Fred constantly seeks to tell photographic stories with compelling views, unusual angles, rich colors and intricate details of every subject — whether it’s the people, places, fauna, flora, architecture or objects that abound in every corner of the world.