Thursday, February 4, 2010

Laundry Day in Poggibonsi

Laundry Day in Poggibonsi

It brings out all the pervs. (Meaning me, of course.)
Posted by ahab at 4:33 AM
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5 comments:

ahab said...

For the record, I was set up and had shot several photos of this scene when the guy came around a nearby corner. He glanced over my subject area and shot me this scowl. The shots without people didn't make the cut but I thought the negative energy of this one made it worth looking at.

In reconsidering this shot today I remembered that a few years earlier and a few hundred miles to the south, an Italian woman gave me a similarly judgmental scowl as I shot a short series including this scene.

Funny.

February 4, 2010 at 5:26 PM
ahab said...

This scene:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdaley/2053420776/

February 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM
E-6 said...

You could've told him you were influenced by the American painter George Bellows. Eh, he probably would've shot you the same look...

FWIW, I like it.

February 4, 2010 at 8:12 PM
E-6 said...

Love that Naples Arch scene. Wow!

February 4, 2010 at 8:14 PM
ahab said...

George Bellows, well-known slummer. ;)

Naples is an incredibly gorgeous ruin of a city. It's rough but it's real. We didn't go there on the recent trip, preferring to try something different. But IMHO the hilltowns of poor trampled Tuscany are by comparison tame and almost Disneyfied. If I can ever afford to go back Naples will be high on the list. I've been there twice but not since getting back into photography in a more serious way. (Unfortunately that Naples shot is a very small file -- it displays adequately on the computer but that's about it. Guess I should have read my first digital camera's manual.)

February 5, 2010 at 5:07 AM

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