‘There is mystery and it’s also slightly disturbing’: Phil Doherty’s best phone picture

The absence of a body adds intrigue to this shot of the photographer's daughter on a rope swing

Phil Doherty took this photograph on a family walk in a Warwickshire woodland in 2020. It was near the end of the first lockdown, and Doherty, his wife, Lisa, and their two daughters, Lulu andPearl, had taken the opportunity for a spot of rule-abiding recreation.

We went to Oversley Wood and stopped by this rope swing. There was strong sunlight streaming through the leaves, creating pockets of brightness among the deep shadows of the trees," Doherty says. I'm always looking at light and shadow to create a strong image, and as Pearl was swinging back and forth, I noticed she would enter these pockets of light."