[Leica] IMG: Occupied France - Bench 1, 2, and 3

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks Jim.

Lonely? Who indeed knows what demons gnaw inside people other than the 
people themselves. I take photographs of situations that interest me, and 
I'm sure the camera lies about those situations just as much as it tells the 
truth. Images just reflect the briefest of surface impressions captured in a 
millisecond. As Winogrand said "I photograph to see what things look like 
photographed" and I, like many people I suppose, tend to do the same.

Bench pictures with people sitting on them always evoke to me the sense of 
waiting, of wanting something to happen to remove the immobility of the 
wait, and the chance to exit the solitary. An older person on a bench 
generates different feelings in us to a younger one, and I suppose we impute 
happier possibilities for youth as opposed to old age decrepitly carrying 
the accumulated baggage of varying experiences. More chance when you're 
older of singing "Ain't no sunshine when he's/she's gone" silently inside 
your head.

However, in my case when I have a camera with me, I delight in the 
opportunity to sit, assess the surroundings, and spot opportunities for 
photographs. That and the opportunity to rest my tortured knees...

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Occupied France - Bench 1, 2, and 3


> Nice images, Douglas.
>
> These people seem to have two things in common;  they have a lot of time 
> on their hands, and they seem lonely.
>
> Perhaps only us old folks would notice that. :-\
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 10/14/2016 9:49 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> Plenty of benches along the Cote d'Azur....
>>
>> Woman on bench in park at Cimiez, Nice, France. Fuji X100S. See Large.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+7+Bench+Woman1.jpg.html
>>
>> Woman on bench in monastry garden, Cimiez, Nice, France. Fuji X100S. See 
>> Large.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+8+Bench+Woman2.jpg.html
>>
>> Man on bench in park at Cimiez, Nice, France. Fuji X100S. See Large.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+9+Bench+Man1.jpg.html
>>
>> Douglas
>>
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