Boys on a lampost ! an older picture (published in Photo Magazine) ..

Wow....mr.bresson would take his hat off infront of this picture!!!! really a great moment!!!! looks like an old classic, like the one mr. clint eastwood recently did a movie about, at least recently in austria....you know what photo i am talking about? the one where this americans put up a flag somewhere in japan, by this rosenthal guy....anyway, what i wanna say is that i like it a lot, that you captured a wonderful moment right here, and that it really looks heroic and like i have seen it in national geographic already.....enough kissing ass now, but its really like that!

 

Thanks Marco, I had the advantage of being not that much older than the kids when I took it, which allowed me easy access to them!

super!

so much joy in them. Nice shot!.

I find myself looking at this picture and wondering.

Very nice work!

Congratulations!

Thanks Andrei ... I was a schoolboy with my father's camera when I took this ..

Thanks, John, for the reminder that it is still, after all the technological innovations and improvements in technique, about being there--and you were there.

--Lannie

This is one of the rare shots that I have seen in which the potential and purpose of a photograph is equally paired with the skill and identifiable humanity behind the lens. 10/10 , congratulations on a magnificent photo.

excellent!! film?

Happy New Year John.

 

This is a great moment captured and over the years this type of shot becomes even more valuable. Nice to see the early work when you were getting "hooked".

 

Looks like school uniforms, from the 60's probably in Britain, since I remember dressing like that.

 

My compliments, Bill

Hy Bill, thank you and my best wishes to you also.

Yes, this was in England, in schooldays .. er, let's just say that it was a very long time ago .. :-)

timing, composition, timelessness. wow.

Every so often one comes across a photo that you could add the comment " I wish it were mine" too. This for me is such a meaningful image. I don't know what it is about it, but it certainly has something.

 

I'm a big fan of your work having commented on it before, but this one simple shot does more for me than all the rest.

 

I could have been taken in the street where I grew up. Maybe that's the appeal.

 

Many thanks for continuing to inspire me.

 

 

This is a frame of photograpy's Story.

I'have no words to tell you how many "amazing" is that image

What a lovely and timeless photograph...!  A strong document of happiness and childhood.

Hi, John,

Do not know what exact carom drove me to this shot but I was instantly attracted by the innocent freshness of these happy boys. The composition is excellent and I am a little intrigued about what they want to do. It seems to be very difficult to go up on that lamppost with their weak arms and hands.

When reading other critiques I laughed because I was to ask you same as Bill - you know, what year ... - but I will not do it. I recognized it is some old because they dress short trousers and the boy is not dressing his cap front-side rear like now they do.

I am asking me some subjects that could be part of that article that used this photo as illustration, or perhaps it was an article on photography itself. Congratulations for a great shot. Ikusi arte, John. Josemi Gondra

 

i think I must have been around 13 when I took this .. : -)

Exceptional !!!

Publishing in PHOTO Magazine is a feat.

Besides, the artist's young age...

Big applauses !!! 

I bow my head ! (I always did !)

The genesis of a great photographer. This was very well made, especially for someone so young!

Much more than a photo about children games. It is a depiction of an age of the world, and how much it changed in a short time. It has everything that a photographer wish to get with a camera. The strength of the new life pushing to emerge. One of your best I have ever seen.

It's hard to find anything to write that hasn't been written here yet. But it does go to show that your talent for photography showed it's self at very young age. Excellent image, one of my favorites of yours.

Timeless!!!

Time goes by very fast John...I used to dress similar to these boys...this is a nice way to remember me that I'm getting too old...Best regards.

Jonh ... what more can be added to what has been written previously? 

A Masterpiece ... !! 

perfect! bravo! ;-} dp