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I definately like exposing someone who doesn't know I am there.

Hope you enjoy too!

thank you for your comments and ratings

Maybe there just was an argument and nowhere else to go.

Nice B&W conversion, adds to the atmosphere.

There indeed seems to be an ashtray besides the coffee cup on the table.

Astute observation!

Nicotine addiction must be bad if you're willing to sit out in the snow for it :)

I don’t believe this photo would hold the same potency if it were in color. The black and white seems a parallel to the distinctive organization of the manner in which the woman lives, with little regard of how her choices may be interpreted by others. The ashtray and coffee cup beside her seem to support that this is a woman who calmly defies conforming belief systems of how we should live and be. She is not aware that she is being photographed, and as a result, there is a voyeuristic glimpse about the preferences and lifestyle of a woman clearly very much her own person.