I like it a lot. I don't really think of it as "street photography" (and I say that not as a criticism, just an observation). It's more "architectural" insofar as the subject of the shot is the plaza, and it's geometrical lines. The two people, and the umbrella are integral parts of the photo to me sure; in fact I think your sense of timing, capturing them where you did vis-a-vis the geometry of the plaze is amazing. Also, the tilt of the geometric lines, the vertical bodies is wonderful - for me it puts some amount of tension (that's not really what I mean, but I don't know what other word to use) in the scene.
I guess I'm saying all of this to tell you that I wouldn't worry about the "no faces are shown" thing. For this shot, the human forms in the photo work perfectly, imho. You're not trying to say anything about the people or their personalities per se, but rather, you're portraying them and their relationship with the architecture of the plaza. Am I making sense? <vbg> Anyway, lovely shot, Boris. ciao, frank Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > I know it is one of the most criticized approaches, but on the other > hand no faces are shown, so I suppose I will force my conscience to be > silent. > > Anyway, here for your enjoyment one of my better shots from the last > film I processed. Though heavy this Soligor zoom performs quite > decently... > > http://www.usefilm.com/image/183690.html > > Does it work? I wonder whether the umbrella is popping out enough? > > Thanks. > > --- > Boris Liberman > www.geocities.com/dunno57 -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
