Down a side alley, on the way to SF MoMA, 1:49pm. The Sun was very nearly directly overhead, providing perfect conditions for the textures and sharp, plunging shadows. The wall was recessed from the sidewalk, yielding an odd and wonderful lighting.
Moments prior to discovering this scene my wife and I walked past a slightly disheveled middle-aged man, face scorching red, semi-conscious with intoxication even as he continued to nurse a bottle. He seemed too well dressed to be homeless, and that fact, combined with the simply gorgeous weather -- a perfect Father's Day -- made his plight all the more painful to witness.
The tableau offered here immediately seemed to me a mute and concrete testament to the stranger's interior condition, and likely immediate future: dark, and uninviting. Perhaps the title should be A Sign of Things To Come.
Untitled, #3745
(c)2009 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: June 21, 2009; Canon 20D; f/5.6 @ 1/3200 sec; -2/3 EV; ISO 400; 49mm.
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