Two Faces: A Georgian and a Ukrainian

Two Faces: A Georgian, left and a Ukrainian, with Ukrainian,

intentionally out of focus (OOF), part of my folder on Faces I Have

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Ukrainian one has typically Irish face shape:)I think background is a bit overexposed an ear is also to close to border. Regards

There literally is no way out when figures are backlit to avoid very light exposure in the background -- but it's not 'blown' just heavily exposed.

 

As to the 'typically Irish face' of the man, right, I have seen that sort of face in Ukraine, also, although not associated with central Ukraine. (But there is an Irish pub smack in the heart of Odessa, and it is trafficked heavily)

 

This photo was taken in Odessa, which boasts of having 60 nationalities and is more a city-state and sees itself as more a separate country than a part of Ukraine itself because of its diversity.

 

The Georgian, left, is actually the center of focus, and the center of attention of the photo, because of his unusual and 'stressed' facial features; it speaks of a hard life, probably at sea. Ukraine and Odessa in particular is full of people with 'rough' faces with bespeak hard lives. As a famous seaport, it attracts a variety of very unusual characters.

 

John