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Shot with 400 Tri-X....   New York City. Photo aged and dirtied a bit to give it a bit of patina. Thoughts? 

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I like it as it is... The diagonal is very strong and I like the two 'figures' in opposition.

 

Sharp focus on the eyes and it wouldn't have that ethereal feel to it. She appears to be another world with her thoughts, 'sharp' and it would lose the very element that makes it interesting and thought provoking. It's also timeless... Thirties? Sixties during the fight against inequality..? The lack of focus reinforces the timelessness - it could have been a snatched photograph with any camera at all.

 

Sharp and it would have been one of thousands of similar photographs...

 

As I said, I like it. A lot.

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My intent was to bring in that 'timeless' feel. When was it shot...? I feel that black and white photography 'ages'.... in that the age itself is what brings out the interest in a photo. 

 

If I look at a nice, sharp shot....eyes sharp etc....it tells me it is from 'now'...but I feel that what truly makes black and white photography is the history that has passed and no longer is. jim

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