I just love this whole series - I still think/hope you can somehow get it published; it's such a wonderful chronical of those times.
In this case, you show us how to use an ultra-wide on the street! The kid in the foreground dominates the frame, even though we know he's the same size (roughly) as the others.
Such emotion! The "tough boy" in the front, the two in the back ignoring him. The one of the trike, smiling (or is it smirking?). Even though he can't see Tough Boy's face, it's as if he can, and is responding with a "whatever" - as in, "you only ~thing~ your tough, but we both know I could whoop your ass".
As always, the composition is wonderful, the stairs, railing, the pattern of the bricks, it all seems in harmony with the subjects.
thanks, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW - Just some kids hanging out Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:46:37 -0700
Perhaps you remember this gang from an earlier pic. Here they are again, hanging out on the sidewalk in San Francisco's Mission District one summer afternoon. Comments and crits are always welcome.
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/paw/justkids.html
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