The boy was serious with an earnest look in his eyes and a rigid posture. The girl was riotous with unbridaled youth, her hair close cropped at the sides making her look androgynously handsome. In the context of the close bonds of the friendship group, they were clearly neophytes in their affection for each other.

Standing together for the photograph the third leaped in, spontaneously, with a vigour that dominated the fledgling relationship. Wrapping her arms around her friend as if to possess her, she commanded the scene.