Paul Stenquist wrote: > Thanks Frank. That's kind of the way I see it. It could easily be the > 1950s. Perhaps it should be BW, or maybe I should desaturate it to look > like faded color. Or maybe I should leave it alone and go do something > else :-). > By the way, they're apparently looking at someone on the sidewalk. This > was the dream cruise, so the street is lined with spectators. The > clothes and perhaps even the makeup are costumes of a sort. I wear my > Elvis wig and my gold sunglasses. My wife wears a beehive wig and > butterfly sunglasses. Our kids duck so their friends won't recognize > them. > Paul
Well, THAT is a relief! I was going to say it didn't look quite real, but thought it was. There are people like that out there, alas. ann > > On Nov 24, 2004, at 9:31 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:35:44 -0500, Paul Stenquist > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On the Avenue, August 2004: > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2907524&size=lg > >> > >> > > > > There's something absolutely surreal about that photo! The bland, > > homogenized expressions, all of them looking the same way (at what?), > > the mother's over-made-up face, dad's shades and that horrible > > Hawaiian shirt, the American flags on the windshield. It looks like > > something from the 50's - and the car and the buildings in the > > background don't do anything hurt that last observation. > > > > Oh yeah, there's the church there, too. It's an All-American photo - > > a time warp. > > > > I just love it!! > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >
