Stripes

How the road led them to the steps of the courthouse in a small East

Tennessee town.

Thanks for telling me before you snapped this one off so I could turn away from the camera.

 

Seriously Doug, I don't know if I could've made this shot. It looks like you didn't make friends with those 3 guys on the left. This is a good documentary shot.

They weren't exactly in a position to do me harm, so I didn't feel threatened.

 

I wanted to get close enough to humanize them, which is something we don't like to do.

 

 

I guess it would be pretty safe to say the future is not so bright for these guys. Perhaps the trashcan in the background is symbolic. On a purely technical standpoint, I find myself wondering if this wouldn't be better as a b & w.

Dave, my guess is that you're right. Their future is not likely to be promising. I wonder who failed them, if anyone. I don't think any of their mothers thought that her son would grow up to be wearing shackles and a striped suit, and standing in the morning sun in front of a courthouse.

 

You're also probably right about a conversion to black and white. That might very well be better.

And I thought those suits only excisted in the movies!

Hey, Doug, I guess this puts new meaning in the word "capture." These guys weren't going to be ducking and running, but this shot nevertheless is a very cool capture. The color doesn't bother me--I think it adds to the wistful nature of the image. The more I look at it, the more devastating it becomes. Well done!...Bill 7/7