Tobacco shop

There were really a lot of magazines.

It the kind of picture to be seen at full size, looks interesting.

 

Ciao from Mexico

Very cool photo! I like it

Where are the tobaccos? :) Interesting shot. But I want to see only the person as coloured (IMO). Congrats.

wow. wow. wow. from the thumbnail I could not see what it was exactly, but when I open it, wow.. my surprise. wow. this is so amazing, so much newspapers around her. how one can come to buy a newspaper??!?! ha ha

WOnderful and bravo for the originality :):)

superb. bravo

Biliana

why not ? excellent find..very original..all of us see such stalls everyday..but never caught its beauty as this...brilliant composition...

Fantastic!

This on crosses the line from very good ... to Great.

Incredible!

You've done a good job thinkg it in B&W.

You've enhached the texture of magazine and newspaper givin an excellent graphic feeling to this picture.

 

Best congrats. -Fabio

 

interesting picture :) i would like to see more sharpen seller's body in my opinion.

Nice and funny picture.

Vey funny, and well done.

I believe the photo could be even better with a good frame or at least a small border.

Thanks for comments. It would be interesting for me too, if the woman would take a look directly into the camera.

Well seen and taken. I'd like to see the midtones and shadows slightly darker if possible.

Great perspective on a person, and social commentary (...all those opinions!)

This is really well seen and well composed.

 

I like the choice of B&W to bring out the uniform -yet textured- mass of newspapers.

 

At the same time, I cannot help thinking whether colour might have had the same impact or not. Maybe not... Could you post a comparison?

Colours brings out other things. It is more advertising, it has attractive power. B&W takes off all this. It also equalize person and all the data around here.

Thanks again for all comments.

 

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Thanks for providing the link to the colour version. Indeed, the B&W has more impact in getting the lady lost in her merchandise, in pulling out the texture of the paper, in having that amount of colourful confusion somehow ordered.

 

I also like the way the colour version remind me of how much "chromatic pollution" we have to endure in everyday advertising, which -eventually- annihilates the forms of the things around us.

Very nice.

Certainly makes it an instant favourite. Very good shot.

wow! now thats a picture!. overwhelming. good choice of B&W.

I'll just add my comment to all the rest and check the box "Truly Awesome Photo".

what a find. color would hurt IMHO, would make it a usual shot. the way it is - it is a strange, dry, and as you put it yourself "person-data equalizing" image. it is an interesting play on the "singal-to-noise" issue, on more than one level.

perfectly framed ! good picture.

perfect!! I love it!