Yesterday, I wrote all about my afternoon at Daufuskie Day and posted about a gagillion pictures. But this image needed a post of its own. It’s my favorite photo from the day.

I don’t know who this woman is, and she didn’t know I was photographing her. But there is something in this picture that keeps me staring. I just keep coming back to look at it.

I wonder who she is and what she loves. I wonder what her life has been like. I wonder what makes her laugh and what makes her cry. In her, in this image, I see a strength and a determination, wisdom and elegance.

She is just so beautiful to me.