The Power of the Adoption Photo Listing

Summary:  The picture shown in an adoption photo listing shows that the child being adopted is a real, living being and not a ‘listing’ in a catalog. In that regard, the adoption photo listing remains powerfully influencing on those looking at the listing.

 An adoption photo listing has a true psychological impact on those who see the photographs. It is very easy for “paperwork” regarding the adoption process to become very cold and distant. In fact, it can reach the point of robotic. An adoption photo listing returns the humanity to those awaiting adoption.

What this means is when one is reading material regarding adoptions, whether it be legal statutes or FAQ material, there is a tendency for the subject to become waiting down in jargon, time specific concerns, proper procedures, filling out of forms, etc. The child being adopted sometimes will slip become reduced to words on the pages. A photo listing is a presentation of the actual living child. And adoption photo listing can never become lost in a sea of black and white typed pages, especially in the case of international adoption photolisting. It is not a representation of the child, but the actual child him or herself. In that regard, an adoption photo listing is a very powerful image.

Nothing is more powerful than a strong audio or visual image to move someone. While, of course, an adoption photo image can not be auditory; visually, an adoption photo listing image has great influence over persuading someone to continue through with adopting a child whereas being overwhelmed by legal and statutory concerns may dissuade the person from going forward.

The picture shown in an adoption photo listing shows that the child being adopted is a real, living being and not a ‘listing’ in a catalog. The brightness, aliveness and emotion glow from the photo. In that regard, the adoption photo listing remains powerfully influencing on those looking at the listing.

While, of course, there are a great many complexities involved with the adoption process and a photo image does not simplify all the concerns, but it does create a humanizing image that can not be ignored.