4 shoots Leica M3 Canon 50

Barquillero is the person that sales barquillos (rolled wafers). Children

rotate the roulette and depending on what number stops, those are the number of

rolled wafers they win. I think this custom is the trigger for gambling in the

Casino when they are so young:-) (f8 1-250)<div></div>

Don Hilarion. Is a personage (dirty old man) that appears in a zarzuela (local customs and manners musical) He is always accompanied by the two young ladies Casta and Susana.

 

The back ground was so disturbing so I modified it with PS. (f8 1-250)<div></div>

Sandwich Man. I can`t understand how in the XXI century still been some humiliating jobs. I have the same filing when I see a bootblack. (f16 1-250)<div></div>

His name is Manolo. A local shepherd from the little village where I use to go for painting, (f16 1-500)

 

All pictures Tri-X 400<div></div>

Don't you have anything else to do with your life except taking pictures. And, may I add, that they are all very good. Keep posting!

Nice images, but I'd add a little contrast. I'm guessing this is the level of contrast you get out of the canon 50, but you can always step the contrast up slightly.

Steve,

 

Thanks a lot. I`ll do!

David,

 

Thank you. Maybe you`r right but in my monitor the look so contrasty.

Great pictures! Standing on a street with a sandwich board beats begging any day. This guy would rather work than beg. I find nothing humiliating in that.

John,

 

Thank you!

 

I think it is a semantic question: I don`t find any humiliation in the worker but in the work he is holding.

Excellent photos. The contrast is wonderful and the Canon 50 rocks as well as your compositions. "Muy lindo". Continue taking pictures and posting them.

Very, very nice Luis, I'm shooting that same combination tomorrow. Hope I can get close to the beauty of your photos.

Beautiful Luis! I love the street sellers in Spain. When I studied in Cordoba (one summer in the 80's) I would walk down the same street every day on my way to Paco Penas flamenco school. It was my ritual so I could visit a wonderful elderly man that sold the best Horchata de chufas and cinnamon churros from his cart on the sidewalk. I would practice my compas (rhythm, flamenco beat) all the way there using the rhythm of the words. Hor-cha-ta, Hor-cha-ta, chu-rros, chu-rros, chu-rros (1-2-3,1-2-3,1-2,1-2,1-2, etc.) Oh, the sillyness of youth.

 

Thanks for posting. Each of your photos tell very intriguing stories.

The rhythm of life... it passes us by, we passed it by.

 

Street photography captures it, freeze it, and presented it to strangers thousand miles away...

 

And in your case, Luis, the present is wrapped with a beautiful bow of ribbon, and a delight to its receivers.

 

Keep on, please!

 

PS: Thank you for your comment on my lonely picture ;)

Wonderful shots! Your photos have the taste of the '50 and '60 reportages. Remember me the style of the pro italian photoreporters as Fulvio Roiter or G. B. Gardin. An oasis in a photographic world of hard contrasts and ultra strong colours.

Ciao.

Tito,

 

Moito obrigado.

 

I`ll do as you say.

Michael,

 

Thank you.

 

I`m sure you`ll do. Hope you to post some of them soon.

Scot,

 

Thanks again!

 

I`ve been laughing quite a lot, imaging you with the 1-2-3, etc. Sure it was a nice time. There is nothing better than silliness youth. Pity we can`t go back again:-(

Will,

 

Thanks so much.

 

Yes: We do not pass through life. Life passes through us at a steady and predictable rhythm, like a tide.

 

PS. Your picture is not lonely at all.

Vincenzo,

 

When I lived in Rome (1968) my friend and great photographer Ernesto Villelli had most influence in my work. Like him, I always admired Italian neorealism: Visconti, de Sica… (Ladri di Biciclette)

 

Grazie molte!

Impressive.

Very kind of you JD

As usual, you give us beautiful images. I have the same outfit, so why don't I travel to where you live and take such photos?

Thank you Raid., Be my guest!