Photo – 26
Absolute concentration can be just as funny as obvious disaster when the camera catches it at the right time. She looks so intensely focused that the rest of the arena may as well not exist. It is the face of someone negotiating with physics in real time.
That level of commitment is genuinely impressive, but still a little amusing to anyone watching from the outside. Figure skating tries to look soft and fluid, yet beneath it all there is often this exact level of effort. The photo simply removes the disguise.
