Diesel turbo Photo

Photographer’s Note

Sometimes they ask me:
Why the people ?
Why not the nature shots… The buildings… The ‘things’ ???

And I really don’t know what to say…

Embarrassing – isn’t it ?

Sometimes I mumble under my nose:
Because I can’t shake my hand with the building…
Because I can’t share the hot soup even with the most magnificent mountain range… I can’t exchange the glances, put my arm around the shoulder, place gentle kiss on a cheek, or burst into laughing with the cloud over the meadow…

And there is one more (really embarrassing) thing
I don’t remember the model number of my camera and those funny digits on the lens…

But… I remember the name of that guy in front of me…
His name is Antonio.
And he is a working man, who will bring the money for his family at the end of the day …

BTW: Knowing the people you stand in front of - it's a much more important factor (IMHO) for a photographer than 10-point Matrix AE-L system, combined with side AF-D measure module !!!

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A Fanfare For The Working Man...

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ninaL (19292) 2009-03-17 16:10

Mocne.
Przepieknie opracowane delikatne czerwienie i szarosci.
I wiem, ze nie tylko mnie sie podoba ;)))

michelloupis (0) 2009-03-18 3:30

Hello George,

My question for today: Why only 2 points?

Well, let's not break our heads with the unexplainable.

Beautiful colors. The orange, the dark and dirty background with those amazing blurred numbers. Extraordinary texture of the shirt.

Thanks!

:-)

n.

polter (6030) 2009-03-19 13:22

Ta koszulka cała w smarze nie mniej, a może bardziej wymowna, niż wszystko, co pod zdjęciem napisałeś i bardziej wstydliwa niż jego nieśmiały uśmiech :)).
Znów zdjęcie, które lubię i witam z rozrzewnieniem.
Serdeczności łączę T.

Clairedelune (4883) 2009-03-25 17:55

Me again!
I like every bits of this photo. The stained shirt, the big spots of what I suspect is oil or grease, the somewhat quizzical stare of the guy inclined towards you, the numbers on the wall, the poster, the brick wall... Every bits!
I like the background as much as the foreground! And they quite fit together...
Not a usual way to take a portrait. And that's what I like the most... Food for thought...
Claire