I am posting very late for this challenge because I have been offline for a few days.
I shot the photo your are about to see, in the coffee shop of the hospital I spent a few hours yesterday, while waiting for a friend.
I was drawn to this woman reading the newspaper beside me. It felt like reading the news with her through her facial expressions. She seems very concerned here, but there were moments where she smiled too. This particular image shows perhaps her anger or disappointment with something, what is not at all abnormal to experience, when reading the news of the world.
Photos taken at OLVG hospital in Amsterdam with an Iphone 6. Used monochrome filter and adjusted contrast.
I am joining Lens and Pens by Sally, who hosts each Monday the Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge.
The schedule theme for this week’s challenge is: Free Choice. I go for portraiture.
Great photo, I love her expression~
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Thanks, Schuttzie. Indeed she’s hiding nothing with her expression, and I loved it.
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Wow, such an expressive portrait!
Indeed she must be reading some news that isn’t too pleasant.
Hope everything is ok with you and hope your friend as well…
Have a lovely Thursday 🙂
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Hi Lia, good morning.
That’s what I guessed. Something scary!
All is fine here. My friend is recovering well and fast. Thanks for caring.
Have a lovely day!
Huge hugs to you!
Lucile
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Wonderful, candid shot. I find myself really wondering what she is reading and thinking.
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Thanks, Su. I was watching her all the time and it felt like a book of emotions. I tried to identify what she was reading, as she was so focused on one specific article, but it didn’t work…otherwise I would tell you.
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Fantastic “street portrait” (even though it’s not on a street), or perhaps candid portrait would be a more suitable description? Anyway, great shot.
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Thank you so much Cardinal! You may call it as you wish. Let’s say it’s a candid street photography. 😉
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Lucile, you’ve captured a striking image that has multiple layers of narrative. It’s strongly inviting to examine each detail, which is helped by using monochrome. The subject has such personality and even though we have to infer, it’s a treat to so so. Happy Photo Challenge.
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You cannot imagine how happy I was to see this lady sitting beside me, Sally. I was concerned that I still hadn’t had time to shoot for your challenge. Her face enchanted me.
Thank you for a insightful comment.
Cheers.
Lucile
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Hi Lucile. I love this shot. Her expressiveness is wonderful and tells a story. She makes me think of other people I’ve seen in the subways in New York whose faces tell the story of their lives. Thanks for posting a great shot!–Patti
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Hi Patti, thank you for your enthusiastic comment.
This lady made my day! Looking at her, felt like reading many books.
Have a good weekend!
Lucile
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her expression is priceless full of a live lived. One of your best photos.
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Agree about her expression.
Thank you so much for your appreciation. I’m humbled by that.
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Probably your most powerful photo yet, master portraitist. (Or is it mistress portraitist?)
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Wow. Thanks for your generous comment. How about master mistress portraitist? Lol
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Also, a personal portraitist to the Queen of Patagonia. Ha.
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Absolutely!! I’m honored to be!
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You realise that as a portraitist to the Patagonian Queen, you’re also responsible for portraits of the Queen’s cat? 😉
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It is included in the package. The Queen and her cat…
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Great photo!
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Thank you
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Her expression is incredible, you really of have a gift for this kind of candid, real life shot!
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Thank you Andy! As I say, I love people portraits and stories…that helps bringing them to you trying my best. Thanks for the support. Much appreciated
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We all appreciate what you bring to us Lucile!
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It seems you caught the right moment….!
very striking and espressive ….Brava!
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Thank you! Just in time before she finished and left…
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hope your friend is doing well, or perhaps even better. listening to the news on the radio is another time when your face can show the entire range of human emotion in the span of 5 minutes, from laughter to tears to ‘what the what.’ but it makes driving even short distances an adventure!
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She’s doing well. Thank you for your concern.
It’s so true your description. Radio brings human emotion much stronger on us than reading the papers.
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the most touching times are when regular people describe life and it hits you at home, how safe and lucky you are in a world so big and, at times, so unreasonable.
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So true what you say. And other’s difficulties moments in life unveil our blindness to see our own happiness.
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beautifully said!
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Thanks
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Your photo is so full of feeling, Lucile. Well caught and B&W is great for this.
janet
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Thank you so much, Janet.
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Great photo.
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Thank you.
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Great photo and observation, I can almost hear her thinking.
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Thank you!
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