Michael,
Thanks for your response.
I can't deny your reaction. I can only offer what my thinking was and how I solved certain issues that were in my mind.
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making me question...if the person holding your subject was father or mother
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Maybe the jacket and hands represent both father and mother ...
As I was putting this together in my mind I knew that I wanted long sleeves and hopefully dark. I don't think the boy's face, on our left side, would pop out if it were against another flesh tone. I do think it might have been more complete if there had been just a touch of a white shirt sleeve showing beneath the jacket sleeve.
I think the image may require a bit of a leap and may not work for all viewers. That may not be a terrible thing. My biggest concern is that it work compositionally. All the "meaning" stuff will have to be worked out on an idividual basis.
As Garth suggested: it may best be left as photo. I'll put it in the stack and reflect on it.
I do think it's good to experiment with different notions. Then run them up the flag pole ... metaphorically speaking that is.
And speaking of symbolism ... here's some trouble I got into just after a recent snow storm. A "Crossroads," Robert Johnson moment.