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      diastema, Alan Wentworth, EENN, trishlet, and 53 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Trinity (82 months ago | reply)

      The carpet and your shoes go well together.

    3. niznoz (82 months ago | reply)

      Wonderfully clear and utterly without bokeh.

      "He is one of those men who like to look at construction sites, the gaping holes in the earth which will form the foundations of the skyscraper or a multi-storey car park."

      I'm intrigued. What's the book?

    4. zen (82 months ago | reply)

      He is content to observe life, always slightly bored and often waiting, even if only for a bus. Failing that he will watch other people waiting for a bus.

      also liked:

      like a clerk without a day job

    5. trishlet (82 months ago | reply)

      purity of purpose.

      great shot

      i love that the shoes seem as though they just came in from the rain.

    6. nathalie booth (82 months ago | reply)

      Love the title and the black and white, perfect framing, I love it

    7. autumn fawn (82 months ago | reply)

      fantastic perspective, compostion, textures, contrast...all

    8. neilbruder (82 months ago | reply)

      How do you like the book? I was thinking of picking it up at a bookstore recently. I bought On Photography by Susan Sontag instead.

    9. striatic (82 months ago | reply)

      How do you like the book? I was thinking of picking it up at a bookstore recently. I bought On Photography by Susan Sontag instead.

      it is truly phenomenal.

      no chapters, themes flowing in and out of each other. an amazing rate of Ideas Per Minute.

      it certainly isn't an easy book, in terms of structure and accessibility, but if you have an intense interest in photography and are willing to invest yourself in the flow ..

      yeah, it is pretty good.

    10. striatic (82 months ago | reply)

      by the way, i'm writing a review on this book for the Utata Daily Ink.

    11. niznoz (82 months ago | reply)

      Perhaps I asked my question before the tags went up, but clearly I should have looked. All was revealed.

    12. neilbruder (82 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, I'll pick it up next time I visit a decent bookstore (sadly I have to go out of town for that), and I look forward to your review.

    13. striatic (82 months ago | reply)

      i love that the shoes seem as though they just came in from the rain.

      that i had.

      Perhaps I asked my question before the tags went up, but clearly I should have looked. All was revealed.

      excellent. i just tagged you as "met".

      Thanks, I'll pick it up next time I visit a decent bookstore (sadly I have to go out of town for that), and I look forward to your review.

      i got it out of the library.

    14. niznoz (82 months ago | reply)


      excellent. i just tagged you as "met".

      I'm tagged! Sounds like you might be using Steeev's contacts organizer.

    15. yo_steedgirl (82 months ago | reply)

      I wish I could fav this a million times over! Love love love it! Fascinating.

    16. neilbruder (82 months ago | reply)

      i got it out of the library.

      Ah, a fine idea. regrettably the library system here is even worse than the choice of bookstores.

    17. şparadrap (82 months ago | reply)

      wow. oddly enough i bought that book in brighton just two and a half weeks ago.

      oh, and i find it much more accessible than sontag's. with dyer at least i don't have to take notes to remember what i just read.

    18. blu butterfly (82 months ago | reply)

      You are invited to join Feet Shots.
      Note: the group is looking for only shots of legs/feet from the point of the owners perspective.
      Thanks for participating.

    19. The Triskaidekagrammatron (81 months ago | reply)

      Great contrast.

    20. cabbit (72 months ago | reply)

      Hey Striatic,

      Thanks for licensing your photo using a Creative Commons license!

      Your photo has been used for a goldengod blog entry about photography books.

      Thanks again,

      -Andrew Ferguson

    21. striatic (72 months ago | reply)

      you're welcome.

    22. kape photography (44 months ago | reply)

      love it

    23. amcunningham72 (35 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Educators on Flickr, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    24. Briggate.com (31 months ago | reply)

      Great photo. And appreciate your comments about the book. I am not sure I understand why you would say not necessarily an accessible book. I thought it was beautifully written and very clear and straightforward. The only difficulty is that it is only lightly illustrated and that sort of presumes that one has some grasp of the history of photography. In fact, it is useful to have in ones head some sort of the innumerable images he refers to.

      I am fortunate to have that background and found it the most readable and exciting book I have ever read on photography.

    25. This photo was invited and added to the Educators on Flickr group.

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