December Portraits

[leighmarrin]

A homeless man in Santa Monica, holding the dollar bill I gave him. Used a Certo 9x12cm "BeeBee" plate camera with Efke PL100 film.

[soeren]

daughters.... one of favorite subjects !!!
at the end the question is who tortures who ???!!!
Nice shot Allen !

Yes, a great shot.
And regarding torture
Grandkids are Gods reward to you for not killing your kids
Best regards

[Denis Pleic]

A homeless man in Santa Monica, holding the dollar bill I gave him.

For me, there's something seriously wrong with this photo - and it's not anything technical, to make it quite clear...

[leighmarrin]

Denis, he asked me for money politely, and after giving it to him, I in turn asked politely to take his photograph. I scale-focused my old camera at waist level, and quickly took his picture. He chose to hold the dollar bill up; I did not ask him.

[Denis Pleic]

He chose to hold the dollar bill up; I did not ask him.

That makes it a bit better. Still, the photo makes me uneasy.

Personally, I'd never take a photo of a homeless person, under any circumstances.
But then again, I couldn't picture myself in the role of a paparazzo, either... or in the role of Weegee.

Call me old-fashioned (or outdated), but that's just me...

[Mike1234]

Well, it's an image you won't soon forget nor will many others who see it. Maybe a few thousand more honest images of the homeless will convince us to finally do something about this societal problem.

[Donald Miller]

Well, it's an image you won't soon forget nor will many others who see it. Maybe a few thousand more honest images of the homeless will convince us to finally do something about this societal problem.

To my way of thinking an effective photograph has the ability to move us emotionally. That can just as well mean to move us in uncomfortable ways. It is time that we kicked the walls out of our self constructed comfort zones.

Donald Miller

[leighmarrin]

Curiously, when I posted the Homeless Man photo on Rangefinder Forum, someone was certain that he'd seen the same man as an ACTOR playing a homeless person on the US TV show "Law and Order". If true, I'd like to think that some kind TV producer helped this poor guy out, as he was genuinely homeless when I saw him.

The link to the RFF thread is: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...t=73622&page=8

[csant]

I'll throw in a couple of shots of my daughter.

Wow, beautiful shots! 20x24 wet plates sounds like fun

[Allen in Montreal]

Thank you for the kind works gentlemen! She is a great, great kid.

Monty...20x24! That must amazing to behold.

Jeremy, that picture makes me smile! Nice.