Grace (photograph)

Grace, photograph by Eric Enstrom, 1918.

Grace is a 1918 photograph by Eric Enstrom. It depicts an elderly man, Charles Wilden, with hands folded, saying a prayer over a table with a simple meal. It was created in Bovey, Minnesota. The photo was originally taken in black-and-white, but was colorized by hand by Enstrom's daughter, Rhoda Nyberg. It was this colorized version which attained widespread distribution. In 2002, an act of the Minnesota State Legislature established it as the state photograph. The Grace photograph is featured on road signs in Bovey.

A similar picture featuring an elder woman praying at a table photographed by Jack Garren and called Gratitude is often paired with "Grace" as an inspirational "Grace and Gratitude" diptych.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• GRACE by Enstrom - Website for Photograph