Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Like others, I find this an excellent, but somewhat overprocessed, portrait. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jul 12, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > It _is_ one of the 10 Commandments of Leica Photography not to photograph > homeless people, but there are obvious caveats to that. I do believe that > you probably shouldn't be photographing homeless people unless you know > their names and you're on the same side of the street as them. > > Omar frequently has something dramatic and pointed to say, which makes him > popular, he's also often spectacularly well dressed. I've come to think of > him as the Duke of Locust Street where he hangs out, pontificating, > drinking, and sometimes yelling at people. I've probably been taking > photos of him, off and on, for five or six years. I ran into him yesterday > and he said "I'm getting old. I want to live in the suburbs. This might be > the last time you see me." He was wearing a Tweetie Bird shirt and had a > matching stuffed toy. We shook hands and I thought it would be a little > sad if it was, in fact, the last time I saw him. But I ran into him again > about three hours later and he was wearing an entirely new wardrobe. > > I shot this with my iLeica. > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/omar-tweetie-1200.jpg > > Love to hear your thoughts & opinions on the history of photography & > homelessness & what books you like. > > Ignore incoming calls on your camera, > > Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >