Afternoon rain. Sporadic. Unannounced. Torrential, if only for a moment. Gone. I went to the farewell lunch for my booted-out-the-door colleague and found myself preoccupied with thoughts of unfinished work. I was hurting and unusually cold... uncomfortable. He would have been better served if we coordinated something for after work, but a social meeting in the middle of the day is like the instant you sneeze unexpectedly. I had a small cup of tortilla soup and left them to their hoo-ha as I walked back alone. I caught this shot as I was dodging rain and with no flash, so it's rushed and grainy, but I love the composition. This guy begs around that corner a lot. I see him all the time. My well paid, fat, gluttonous, American ass never noticed the sign before today. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if
YOU were hungry. I mean really, really hungry? I doubt many people here in the fattest city in the nation for going on four years running actually know someone personally that has ever been in danger of starving to death or falling seriously ill due to malnourishment. Life's a bitch, ain't it? I'm wishing I had some mad scientist camera rig with a spot-a-Martian's-bunghole-from-earth type telephoto lens on it so I could have got a better shot. This shot
speaks to me.
Yeah man, a good one. I think we all must remove the blinders and see, and thats what this does man. Keep it up!
Do any of us really see, or do we fool ourselves into thinking we understand or empathize?
I found it interesting that you thought this as you walked back from your corporate layoff lunch, on your way to your corporate job, taking this touching picture with your high dollar camera.
trish,
my point exactly.
excellent shot. I think the graininess adds to it’s mood. it’s a photo that needed to be taken.
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