Black and white photograph of a child in profile, silhouetted against bright glass, face-to-face with a majestic lion separated by a transparent barrier. The animal's voluminous mane fills the right side of the frame, textured and layered, whilst bare winter landscape and overcast sky blur softly beyond. The indoor floor is tiled and institutional; the glass door creates a threshold between the protected human child and the contained wild beast. Shot with documentary realism, the monochromatic palette emphasises the weight of the moment—intimate, curious, and suspended between wonder and unease.