"To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."
— e.e. cummings
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I LOVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes,too simply....
24 Jun 2010 5:25am
Hoooo, so perfect compo and exposure! But this seems to be an allley in the night, any security problems?
24 Jun 2010 6:03am
terrific atmosphere but incredible presentation i really love compliments
24 Jun 2010 6:05am
A special mood in this dark composition. It inspires me a deep feeling af loneliness and helplessness.
Very interesting combination with cummings verses.
24 Jun 2010 6:15am
fantastic image, light and compo!....do not make want to enter and rent a room....!!!!I really love this athmosphere!
24 Jun 2010 6:32am
Great atmosphere....don't think I will be staying there tho:-) Super shot!
24 Jun 2010 6:55am
This is a fabulous shot....love the light shining through the openings. Very gritty mood.
BTW, are you sure you are safe out there ? :-)
24 Jun 2010 7:10am
great atmosphere in the dark night, I love the composition, the passerby just in the light of the opening door !
24 Jun 2010 7:39am
Cannot think anyone would have been breaking in . . they might have been trying to break out ! Let's move on by.
24 Jun 2010 7:44am
Just love those blacks of yours here. The mood is as deep as the equal thought-provolong quote i do agree with. But what a wonderful battle, especially when you reach an age you feel you can drop the weapons down and just be yourself with no more comparisons with any other else. Relief... And take a room for the rest waiting for the day to appear again, maybe... I love the vertical bars on the wall, someone fought to break them open, it seems. Beautiful light, story, presence, Sharon.
24 Jun 2010 8:18am
(please, read "provoking quote" above... I taped too fast ;)
24 Jun 2010 8:19am
Devastating the atmosphere in this street, the figure of the solitary man, shakes.
Warm greetings
24 Jun 2010 8:30am
the deep loneliness of the night. Dark and triste ambiance, a real existential instant.
24 Jun 2010 8:53am
Good street capture, dont think i would want to stay here
24 Jun 2010 9:17am
the light in the doorway, just makes the image explode, outstounding image
24 Jun 2010 9:33am
Superb atmosphere! Great street scene, beautiful B/W and light!
24 Jun 2010 9:42am
Wow - excellent! The light from the doorway, the walker and of course the sign!
24 Jun 2010 10:12am
So beautiful !! A great atmospher for this very nice B & W shot ! Well done
24 Jun 2010 10:19am
Even if the place seems dirty and quite abandonned, this street has a lot of visual impact, thanks to a repetition of patterns (lines, bricks) and the silhouette has a phenomenal "presence". Love the rOOm sign !
24 Jun 2010 10:51am
Great atmosphere in this shot Sharon! A kind of gritty, no nonsense, in your face street shot! Well done! ;-)
24 Jun 2010 11:50am
looks like a rough part of town Sharon, don't risk your life for that perfect shot!! it is a really great shot tho!!
24 Jun 2010 1:10pm
This looks like a still from a 1940's noir dectective movie. Great detail and ominous atmosphere.
24 Jun 2010 1:43pm
Gritty scene. Outstanding cummings' quote.
24 Jun 2010 2:44pm
Wonderfully shot, I really like how you always capture some bit of motion that adds a whole lot to an image.
24 Jun 2010 3:00pm
fantastic image. feels like a still from a film noir movie.
24 Jun 2010 7:21pm
A great image that tells so many stories...such depth and works on so many levels...and the words are so so so TRUE....and SAD...Outstanding and an instant favorite that will linger in my mind for long!!!
24 Jun 2010 7:25pm
A run down area that would seem to be a hotbed for crime. The less than inviting light from the doorway to the 'Rooms' helps push back the night. But, it still seems a scary place. A brilliant image to say the least.
24 Jun 2010 10:09pm
A lot of sadness in this shot, with even the bars on the window damaged.. Great job!
25 Jun 2010 5:01am
Atmospheric, eerie and unsettling... well done!
25 Jun 2010 10:55am
Brilliant words to go with a brilliant and nicely moody shot
25 Jun 2010 1:12pm
Amazing shot. What vision you have to think of taking this shot. Great work.
25 Jun 2010 2:13pm
Fantastic find. Really great shot. So simple and spare, the light is perfect, the details on the building excellent. The blurred figure passing by. I love it.
25 Jun 2010 2:16pm
Great street photograph! It has so much atmosphere, just perfect.
25 Jun 2010 4:41pm
a nice athmosphere worthy of a good film "Black", sharon, i like it!
Five stars!
kiss!
25 Jun 2010 10:55pm
What a strangely dark mood this has. Very nicely done!
26 Jun 2010 3:44am
What a wonderfull atmosphère everything perfect. Compo and construction. We dont know where we are but look like its not the place to sleep.....
26 Jun 2010 5:42am
So great compo, it' feels like 50's movies with gangsters and detectives
26 Jun 2010 9:50am
What a mood ! Harsh, strong and deep. Inside seems to be closed, locked but... there is a door opened and light and, for sure, a room for all of us if we walk on the path toward ourselves.
26 Jun 2010 10:18am
And... love this shot !! (don't be afraid to be repetitive !!)
26 Jun 2010 10:20am
Cool use of B&W -- love the noir feel of this!
26 Jun 2010 7:23pm
This is such an absorbing image...great atmosphere and mood.
26 Jun 2010 8:59pm
Fantastic atmosphere. Even if we can see light coming from inside the place look a bit abandonned.
27 Jun 2010 12:10am
Wow what a neighborhood, excellent capture of the atmosphere here. The light and dark contrasts create the dramatic mood here, great composition as usual.
27 Jun 2010 2:48am
Looks like I seedy looking place. Cool night shot.
27 Jun 2010 9:21pm
A very special mood and atmosphere in this picture. The light coming out of the doorway really "adds" to this feeling. With the text there is so much to be thinking of and finding out in your picture. A picture worth to come back to several times.
28 Jun 2010 12:21pm
Excellent! The lighting is mysterious... what could possibly exist adjacent to this abandoned storefront? The light offers a place to retreat from a dangerous world. Why does the lone figure walk past?
28 Jun 2010 9:46pm
wouldn't be my first place to look for a room.... great shot!
5 Jul 2010 7:36pm
It looks like a movie scene ... great catch and work :D
15 Jul 2010 10:48pm
Superbe photo!!Atmosphère de vieux films!!!!
Amitiés de France:CLAIRE
1 Aug 2010 7:01am