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When I saw this photo..I thought immediately that this is a good one, it tells something about life and style nowadays...and after twenty, thirty years, this is also very good, we can then explore this photo and say something like this "..young people used to dress and party like this and they usually had tattoos & piercings." Very good photo.

Many thanks on your opinion.

Yeah, you a wright on this and I'm in agree with you.

After all, I belong to punk genereation and now is interesting to take a look at photos made thirty years ago,

All the best.

I agree, this photo may become emblematic of its times, and its use of threes is something I thoroughly appreciate.

There appears to be a black fluid (probably red), probably blood, coming from a nostril of the tallest man, and there are two likely classes of explanation.

One he has an ordinary nosebleed; he has been struck in the nose even slightly, he has blown his nose and burst a blood vessel, he is congenitally subject to nosebleeds or some other natural phenomenon is at work.

Or, since he appears to be partying, he is engaging in injesting nasally a substance like cocaine (or heroin) which is said to thin drastically the nasal membranes and help increase the chances for nosebleeds.  Nasal bleeding is a sign of cocaine use/abuse.

If so, then this truly is emblematic of a generation, and helps also describe why Mexico is described as a narco-state, along with Colombia -- cocaine may not be so bad as the crime and criminal enterprises it engenders -- remember cocaine was once a mainstay of Coca-Cola (not excusing it of course, and frankly, I've never endulged, nor do I long to).

Just saying . . . .

You may have more here than just the now nearly univeral 'we're cool' hand sign and some buddies depicted, but an entire commentary that stretches even further than Timo has suggested.

[when I was growing up, hand signs all had sifferent meanings, and although I was not Italian and did not grow up neat Italians, it was rumored then that this particular hand sign had somewhat another meaning than 'we're cool' and might engender a fight rather than approval of one's peers.  Anybody out there with knowledge of Old Italian Hand signs who can set me straight?]

john

John (Crosley)

I downloaded the 'large' version of the photo and imported into Adobe  Camera Raw, then selected the nose at 400%.

It clearly can be seen that the man, left sports a nose ring, not blood, so clearly no indication of drug usage (not that it's impossible, just no evidence.)

Too bad, with that, the photo really would have been emblematic.

But I follow the truth wherever it leads, not opinions, especially ill-founded ones, and I apologize to the photographer and his subject for the half hour or hour that my opinion showed, if they were offended in any way.

john

John (Crosley)

Interesting exemple of a trio of our times.

Many thanks on your opinion.

All is well, it is just bothering me that the man of your experience has jump on presumed conclusion without checking the facts beforehand. Also, on this concert I spent some time with these people in conversation (they are not my friends - saw them first time) and they're actually nice and gentle. Not to speak that they are vegetarians (girl is a vegan) and a tall guy is a professional soldier in Croatian army. As to comment their behavior, well, I think it is a generation thing - and we were young and our olders were complaining on our behavior with the emblematic words IN OUR TIMES....

As for the hand sign, you're just partially wright - it is Italian thing but to be offensive to somebody this fingers should be pointed at a person whom you want to insult and the general meaning is "your father's horns" for which, I think, there is no special need to elaborate further.

In this case, fingers pointed upright are simbolise the devil's horns and this is just showing an attitude of modern generations (it has nothing to do with the worship of devil).

Hope that we clear some things out - I'm always open to discussion of any kind.

All the best.

Thanks for the comment.

All the best.