Paul Strand photo, "Young Boy."

[Ken Lee]

That metallic look is one of his trademarks, you might say.

Here's another one.

[Heroique]

The boy looks almost like he’s constructed of metal; his skin looks metallic.

That metallic look is one of his trademarks, you might say.

A “riveting” photo indeed – but which attribute of metal here? (For carved wood was my first reaction.)

Shiny like aluminum? Or maybe new-minted copper?

Malleable like lead? Greyish like lead? Heavy like lead?

Tough like wrought iron?

Luminous like gold?

Smooth, cold, rusty, adamant?

[Ken Lee]

His warm-toned people sometimes look like Bronze, while the more neutral ones can look like Platinum - to me anyhow.

We are, after all, making our images out of Silver and other metals.

[Heroique]

I take so many pictures of trees, I see & feel the warmth of shaped wood!

Maybe the pine fence behind him suggests this to me...

[Jay DeFehr]

I think Peter Lindbergh liked it, too.

[Heroique]

Plagiarism or tribute?

Perhaps a touch of unconscious influence?

And don’t let the pretty face distract you from these questions.

[Jay DeFehr]

I'd say tribute. I think the influence was conscious, given the styling of the hair, the overalls, the weathered wood, the androgeny; all the elements are in place. Very well done, I think.

[Mark Sawyer]

I suspect much of the effect came from the materials of the time, and Strand's mastery of them, coupled with the lighting and the texture of natural unwashed skin.

[Michael Kadillak]

Strand applied a second coating of platinum to purchased platinum paper and used the long scale of this medium to its fullest extent. Silver is just not the same as far as I am concerned. It does not have the trademark visual "glow".

[BrianShaw]

I'd say tribute. I think the influence was conscious, given the styling of the hair, the overalls, the weathered wood, the androgeny; all the elements are in place. Very well done, I think.

Wow, what a stunning tribute!