I am thankful and humbled by the reaction to this image.
A special thank you to
ubique whose comment put to words what I only felt while working on this picture
melethia who so elegantly titled it as "short stories"
bvy who introduced me to Garry Winogarnd's body of work.
You for looking.
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This is one of those delightful photographs that looks initially like an offhand shot of nothing much, and yet turns out to become more and more and more as the many layers of meaning and interest unfurl themselves. Some of the great street photographs are like that (I mean universally, not DPC's current street challenge) ... they look mild and yet reveal themselves to be profound, or at least special. Here the characters are arrayed as if for some kind of performance, a 'street' version of a chorus line perhaps, and I am irresistibly drawn to imagine speech bubbles all over the place, like in a comic strip. All those overlapping conversations, thoughts and asides. All the roles people adopt. Making your picture, for me, a wonderful tilt at communication and modern manners. The Importance of Being Earnest for the 21st century. This now hangs on my imaginary 2010 wall, entertaining me and confounding the janitors. Thank you.
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