The Family Business (With Limited Resources)

These two women, apparently sisters or otherwise closely related, are

engaged in their business(es) together, sharing a single chair, but seem

to have maintained their individuality: the woman left, appears to have

an 'artistic' sensibility, while the woman, right, appears more 'utilitarian'.

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If you rate harshly, very critically, or just wish to make a remark, please

submit a helpful and constructive comment; thank you in advance for

sharing your photographic knowledge to help improve my photography.

Enjoy! John

That these two woman have maintained their individuality is evident especially in their footwear.

The woman, left, has 'artistic' shoes and fancy socks, the woman, right has athletic/comfort shoes.  The woman left has a 'jacket' and slacks, the woman right, pants and a 't' shirt.

Yet both occupy the same chair.

Obviously they're 'close' in some way, as they share a chair, but at the same time, they hardly could be pointing farther away from each other - are they 'at odds?' or is that just the best and most comfortable way for two people to share a single chair?

john

John (Crosley)

I might have captioned this:

'The Argument'.

;~))

john

John (Crosley)

Lacks sharpness and detail though!

PDE

Thanks!

You're right in your critique.  Taken after sundown in dim light.  Working this one up to show was the devil.

john

John (Crosley)

Interesting story and leaves one wondering

It does leave one wondering.  There definitely is a 'story' here. 

Perhaps there is a disagreement being depicted.

Or territorial rights to the chair have been determined.  'This part is your half and this part is my half and so long as you keep our agreement, we can get along and not fight!'

Or some such.

I look at this and regret that I didn't stay around and watch longer, so I might have learned the answer by observation.

Thanks Terry.

john

John (Crosley)

These two women came out in hopes to sell something. But trade on the streets is prohibited. So they can not bring with them their chairs. And often forced to stand. These two women accidentally found a chair, most likely near some cafe.

Yours is a wonderful, fully explanatory comment from a city where these women were photographed, so we must accept it as authoritative - you know the rules.

A point though is their posture on the chair:  they could be sitting more side to side or in some other manner, but are roughly back to back.

That would indicate the possibility (not certainty but possibility) of some friction between them. 

They clearly have different sensibilities if one looks at their style and manner of dressing, with the one on the left dressing with some style -- perhaps she's an artist or has an 'artistic temperament' while the other,  right, clearly is more utilitarian.

They appear to be to people bound to each other - in life as well as by a single (now we learn it's 'found') chair, but they have maintained their distinctions . . . . and the possibility of personal friction (disagreement) remains in this photo I think nearly as strongly as before your comment, just based on my 'reading'  Others may differ in their interpretation.

I thank  you so much; you've added a great deal to my photo.

john

John (Crosley)

Hi John,

Definitely telling a story - maybe several. The framing and crop is less than perfect, but then that has less importance in this kind of image depicting life and situations. I often take pictures myself, sometimes posting them here in PN with an imperfect composition. Well knowing that this is sometimes secondary to the motive, the capture, tne moment. Not everybody agrees with this.

Fun, amusing and with interesting details.

All the best  

This is one of those ephemeral snaps that last about a fraction of a second, then goes away.

These women were moving about and this position lasted about as long as it took you to read the first two words in the sentence above, but of course, the 'friction' I write of here, in retrospect still seems to have been there.

I didn't have time to intellectualize this; only to recognize that it was unusual, take it under the most unfavorable and difficult lighting situations (in the grayness with gray clouds overhead, on a warm evening, but well after sundown).  It may look like daylight, but it's not. That's a result of post processing and making it viewable at all.

And it was 'the devil to workup' as I wrote above.

Thanks for 'getting the point' and 'sticking in there' when things are less than perfect; my goal is to share the 'less than perfect' as well as anything that I consider a 'personal masterwork'.

Thanks, again.

john

John (Crosley)