To me, the photo is unbalanced. I think it would be better if the camera was rotated somewhat to the right, so as to put the man getting his hair cut closer to the left side of the frame. I don't like the sink and dreck on the shelf at all, and this would get rid of the worst of it. I wonder if what is outside the window might be interesting, and perhaps could add a dynamic to the image that is lacking.
I like how the way the barber is standing mirrors the shape of the wall and stairway behind him, and how the line of his vest flowing into the lap sheet is matched by the line of the window frame flowing into the wall. I am undecided if I think the window to the left of the picture is in fact a window or a mirror. The true genius of the photo is the line of the stair railing reflected in the mirror (or is it, in fact a stairway on the other side of that wall being seen through a window?), so it appears that they flow together through the wall. William Robb
