Come sir! Feel my lovely melons.

This is a re-shoot of an impromptu photograph that I took while on a

photographic course. I had been taking some very serious architectural

photographs in Winchester Cathedral using a Bronica with a 40mm lens

and Kodakﾒs Technical Pan (a fantastic film, and I have a few rolls

left in the 'fridge). On the way to the bus station home, I wandered

through the market and saw this scene. I had left the Bronicaﾒs

viewfinder, meter and speedgrip behind, because I did not need any of

them in the Cathedral, but I got a shot in the market. Wrong lens,

wrong film, wrong camera, and no viewfinder. I pulled two 10x8 prints

from the negative, one of which I mounted for the course, and the

other I gave to the girl. I found out later that the print that I gave

her had been snaffled immediately by her daughter. I also found out

that I had got a distinction for black and white photography.