During this week’s Republic Day celebrations at the Abu Dhabi Indian School, staff photographer Delores Johnson captured the relationship between proximity to the stage and the pressure of the spotlight.
The student to the left, standing by herself ready to perform is very still, very focused, in contrast to the group farther back to the right, who are still in the shadows of the doorway and looking far more relaxed.
A few metres can make a considerable difference.
* Brian Kerrigan, photo editor