bluechameleon
say the word
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 3 April 2009 in Documentary & Street.
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
-- Eric Hofffer
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Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
tu as toujours l'oeil photographique pour DIRE **************** .... génial bravo !
3 Apr 2009 5:23am
beanow from Warsaw, Poland
Fantastic street shot! Exhibitions look how the leaf of the virtual book...
3 Apr 2009 5:25am
Krims@nline.be from Wemmel, Belgium
I'm wordless ... everything is so perfect, excellent title for this stunning shot! Congrats
3 Apr 2009 5:49am
yz from Budapest, Hungary
great street shot, love the framing that you included that man
3 Apr 2009 6:16am
Craig@Random Ramblings from Herts, United Kingdom
I really love your gritty B&W's, that's one crazy window display and that chap looks positively please to be in the frame, nice work as always.
3 Apr 2009 6:25am
k@ from Paris, France
Happily, this charming guy seems to have understand it's exactly the contrary of the quote (when you get slowly older/wiser) : the tiniest thing, air, smile, view, and moment share with loved hearts are so much to feel more than happy... Great shot/angle/find !
3 Apr 2009 6:28am
Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand
Awesome street shot, great bw, love the composition.
3 Apr 2009 6:55am
Angel from Madrid, Spain
The legend eats the passer-by. Magnificent black and white. It is like a metaphor of the aggressive publicity.
Greetings
3 Apr 2009 7:22am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
A nice picture by itself, but your quote to go with it elevates it to the level of a truly great image! Wonderfully seen!
3 Apr 2009 7:30am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Excellent! Love the man smiling too:-)
3 Apr 2009 7:48am
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
NIce composition. It's one of those urban shots one likes to take a moment for.
3 Apr 2009 8:03am
Philip from Joburg, South Africa
Very well spotted and so so true great capture :)
3 Apr 2009 8:12am
JoeB from Brampton, Canada
A gray image offset by the happy walker. Self driven urban advertising, soon to be copies for an ad campaign for a major corporation. :D
3 Apr 2009 10:45am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Excellent black and white image. This is a great street shot.
3 Apr 2009 11:18am
Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States
Do you think they have any art supplies? =o)
3 Apr 2009 11:29am
@Viewfinder: hmmmm....good question ;)
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
BC!!! hello friend, how are you? i hope this finds you well? i know it has been a good amount of time, but i am finally here in new york city and trying to allow it to thrill me as opposed to overwhelm me!! there is so much to see and do -- and i just love that fact!! :) a superb shot here, of course i expect nothing less from you!! your photos so beautifully capture the moods your are feeling while the photos are shot. they are full of hope, glory, anger, the mystical and a touch of sadness... but they are always so well expressed, so well delivered!!! just a beautiful 'rhythm' of the hand painted lettering on the windows here. love the texture of the limestone wall and the angle of the shot!! keep up the superb work as always!! i am sad we are no longer on the same coast, no longer the same time-zone... :( but no worries, we still have cyberspace! speak soon and god bless!! x
3 Apr 2009 12:57pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
That's one way to advertise what you sell! A terrific shot, the darkness of tone really adds to the ambience of the scene and the man striding along is a wonderful touch. Fabulous, Sharon. Have a great weekend
3 Apr 2009 1:05pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I really think the store might do better if they advertised:-) Neat capture, Sharon.
3 Apr 2009 1:06pm
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
Great B&W street shot! I think you made his day by including him in the picture. Maybe it's his 15 minutes in the sun...... ;-))
3 Apr 2009 1:19pm
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Love the almost mono treatment in this shot. Excellent work.
3 Apr 2009 1:28pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
perfect title for the perfect image!! I love everything about this one!! Bravo
3 Apr 2009 1:44pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Outstanding. The location of the man is perfect, and makes the photograph for me. Hoffer's quote is superb.
3 Apr 2009 1:59pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
Hoffer is a favorite....art stores are a dying breed. best...jerry
3 Apr 2009 2:01pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Oh man, that's my thing, journals, notebooks, papers, pen, everything, this store would be my life, bless you for th ephoto lol
3 Apr 2009 2:46pm
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
Interesting reading as well as viewing, nice perspective, all the better in mono
3 Apr 2009 3:55pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
nice street shot. confusing as it is on all those words meshed together but it is creative. nicely done sharon!
3 Apr 2009 4:20pm
Ilan from Israel
Great street capture, I love that wall of ads that in this perspective looks like some kind of graffiti.
They will do anything to make you look for something to buy :)
3 Apr 2009 4:47pm
Mike Paulison from United States
I'm a typography nut, so I especially like this one. Wonderful.
Your photos stand completely alone and need nothing to help them, but as I become more obsessed, I wish for a word or two now and then on what you were thinking or where you were for a shot. You have to give the fans what they desire!
3 Apr 2009 8:58pm
Andy from United States
Ha love all the stuff on the window! Its like they listed their whole inventory! :)
3 Apr 2009 9:14pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
Great street, great documentary, great freaming, great graphic, congratulation!!!
3 Apr 2009 10:17pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Love that unabashed mode of getting the message out . . the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that's the way to go ! Neat reportage and cool Title, too.
3 Apr 2009 10:44pm
Sidney from Manila, Philippines
Nice angle... the guy looks happy... and the house is really something special.
Strong street shot !
4 Apr 2009 5:04am
grant from kansas city, United States
great find and well done of course. i hate to admit it, but this is exactly the kind of stuff that would draw me in.
5 Apr 2009 2:00am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Great street/night shot, the man with the lit up letters... great picture.
5 Apr 2009 5:35am
613photo from United States
The image seems very chaotic to me. In a good way. Love all those words.
5 Apr 2009 8:22pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
A super image. You have a wonderful eye for great images.
6 Apr 2009 3:12am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Have you read Hoffer? I got a lot from "True Believers."
5 May 2009 8:29pm
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