Sad Eyes of the Street Vendor**+

This is more than a 'moment' captured, but was one of several

interspersed 'moments' that are almost identical that were captured

of this same woman, in what seems her usual 'mien'. Your ratings and

critiques are requested and most welcome. (If you rate harshly or

very negatively, please submit a helpful and constructive

comment/Please share your superior knowledge to help me improve my

photography.) Thanks. John.

You've heard of the 'Rule of Thirds' for aesthetically pleasing 'landscapes'. Here are four landscapes, partially presented, for my version of the 'rule of fourths'. If you look elsewhere in my portfolio including various folders, you'll find various examples of the quadracepting of the frame into fourths (this is a variation on that), for instance, the man in front of Woolworth's in Early B&W folder or the woman at the optometrist's shop, etc.

John ;-))

Hi John,

while scrolling throught the RRP, I came acroos this one - with the new format you can't see the photographers name unless you scroll down. Immediately I saw this, I thought of you - personal, candid, factual, real.

Amazing face and expression.

Also, I love the way her scarf compliments the colours in the paintings!

Cheers, Ellen

You got me. Exactly. The scarf colors exactly mirror the colors in the paintings . . . the purple for the flowers in the painted trees, the gold for the domes and the green for the center of one church top and the trees in the background -- all very felicitous. All 'seen' in the viewfinder, and not quite comprehended explicitly but 'seen' nevertheless.

And, yes, you correctly thought of me for all the right reasons.

Thanks.

John

I found this one too. Also very impressive John,

as i already told, you know when to take an interesting photo of someone in the street or wherever,(sorry if my english isnt right:))

Ellen.

I appreciate your hunting this one down.

You are pretty eagle-eyed. I appreciate your enterprise.

She's a gem, isn't she?

Do you think -- given her penchant for purple and gold in her dress, that she's also the painter (look for purple and gold in the paintings)?

John

I already was asking that myself, before you asked me. She doesnt really look like a painter.

(but than again...who does?) My father is an artist, but you cannot notice from the outside.

I like to paint myself, so i really liked this photo.....

Do you know if she paints herself?

Greeting from Holland,

Ellen.

I certainly hardly look like the guy who takes the kind of empathic photos that I take -- people who know me and my personality are absolutely amazed that I take these kinds of photographs -- at least those who think they knew me and never saw a photograph I took. They have to do a 180 degree re-evaluation of who I am, as they never can guess that my ability to 'see' is within something that is within the capability of that guy they have known or met.

Go figure.

There is no artistic look except for the persons who adopt a 'look' in order to 'fit in', and I don't have to 'fit in'.

I let my photos speak for themselves.

I could be a businessman, a stock analyst, a lawyer, a real estate guy (I've been all of them) a writer (same) or just a guy teaching something (I'd like to do that), and people can have their own imaginations about me -- only my camera gives me away.

No tank jacket and sneakers, like Edie Adams used to wear, as I recall when I used to see him when I was a photo editor editing his photos as a young man, at AP photos in New York City.

I always like your comments.

John