Comment by Kavey: I don't usually like selective desaturation because so many of the examples seem to use it for the sake of using it rather than because it's use really adds something to the shot that wouldn't be achieved with all colour or all black and white. In your shot I really like it's use because, to me, the colour really highlights the message that skin colour isn't important and that people of different races often have more in common than they have not in common. Nicely composed too, simple and unusual. Texture and pattern of floor surface complements rather than distracts. 8
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