Coney Island, NY September 2004

Not my usual type of thing, but I saw this guy and couldn't resist.

Nice to see there are still some film users around. Exposure could use some tinkering. Maybe composition needs work. But great way to capture that moment.

Michael,

 

Yeah, at first I wanted to clean it up, and tried tweaking the contrast, making it level, cropping, etc., but finally I decided it works best as a loose, dark, slanted kind of shot -- I guess it suits the subject matter.

Beau, nice the way it is...it's got soul.

I found Edmo's comment that it has soul fitting; when I first saw it a religious ritual came to mind--I can't say why--but somehow it seems as if he has found his own personal Ganges River.

It looks to me like a Tom Waits song protagonist...

 

Nothing offensive in this photography when it comes from the heart..

 

Ciao!

Gabriele, that's exactly what I thought -- Tom Waits is about my favorite artist ever. Coney Island is mentioned in his songs a lot, actually.

Agree, very Tom Waits, especially the birds and the carnival rides in the background. I listen to Bone Machine all October long. Anybody heard the new album?

Nice one, check out Tom's new album "real gone" the rusty songs mold together like never before.

aaah! absolutely gorgeous shot, Beau. very very nice and i really love it.

Nice story. Very, very good!

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." (Tom Waits)

 

And you've found another guy who, if he stops to think about it, would probably agree.

 

I like the photo.