I agree with posthumous! The Doisneau shot was posed and this one has every right to be - who are we to say that posing is against the nature of street photography? I like it.
sorry, but you deserve your score. This is WAY TOO CLEVER for DPC, a satirical comment on just how much of what is considered classic "street" or "candid" photography was actually posed. I gave it a 7. Even I underrated it.
Well, if it's the picture "Kiss at City Hall" or "Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville" you had in mind (which I presume it is) it is not by Cartier-Bresson but by Robert Doisneau - and it's one of my all time favourite pictures (and as far as I know it's one of the highest priced photographs ever: It was sold for about 240.000 USD in 2005)...
Anyway, your picture doesn't come close to Doisneaus - it looks "staged" and doesn't have the feeling of "candid shot" which I believe a picture like this should have. (It has been suggested that Doisneau's picture is staged as well - and it might be. But it doesn't seem to be, and that's what's important).
Great shot. I like how you can tell they're just average people. He doesn't look comfortable. She doesn't look comfortable. Her shirt's pulling up to reveal a stomach that's developing into a gut. It's great to see average, everyday people in love. Wonderful. I dig it.
more like a tribute to Eisenstaedt or Jorgensen. Though no one really seems to be caring perhaps that's what you feel is Cartier-Bresson like about it. i'm just not feeling a connection with the couple and there isn't a dog looking up at them to make it funny.
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