Wow. A photography fishing story. I was building mental images of it
all the way to the end. Nice story telling job.
Chuck Norcutt
Tom Fenwick wrote:
> I saw a picture today go sliding past the car as I was driving. A bus stop
> a bit like the one with the apple I posted the other day. Two people
> waiting, one at each end, facing each other. On the left a woman in black
> with full headgear - I'm not sure of the correct terminology, but anyway,
> only eyes. She was facing the guy at the other end, who was facing her.
> Older, white, seated. With dark glasses and a guide dog.
> I nearly pulled up round the corner and went back (which is what I did for
> the older lady and frankenstein poster you got the other week), but I was in
> kind of a hurry. I was still thinking about it three hours later when I
> drove back and looked wistfully at the empty bus stop. Only then did I see
> the advert which would have been between them. Not sure what it was, some
> dental thing probably; a huge grinning kid's face with the slogan "Go on,
> give us a smile."
>
> Why am I telling you all this? I dunno. Maybe it's the ones that get away
> that make you try harder. I want to make these pictures. Sometimes I even
> make one I think might mean something that people should see. Why do I only
> go out looking for them so rarely when I'm not traveling? Why is the camera
> so often in the bag, or even the trunk, not in my hand or on the seat?
> There's nothing else I want to do more, or that I find more rewarding. I
> know a lot of people don't know why I bother, but that's no big deal for me
> :-)
>
> So I guess maybe I'm just venting... One or two of us do that here every
> once in a while. Or maybe I'm saying right, that's it - I'm going to start
> WORKING.
>
> I guess we'll see.
>
> Thanks for reading, if you did.
>
> Tom
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