Two women

Richard

Can you guess what they have in common?

lizzard_nyc

I dont' know what they have in common--will continue to think on it, but that top image seriously supersedes the bottom one.
I could look at #1 all day with her cigarrette in hand deep in thought--beautiful conversion too.

swifteye

Dressed in black and in there heads.

Syncopation

Can't see it but I agree with Liz, the first is a great candid portrait.

Icebear

I have it! They're twin sisters . . . but one is a life-long smoker.

Richard

Thanks for commenting. Liz: #2 was all about urban geometry--which fascinates me--but I realize it's not everyone's cup of tea.

OK, the question was a little unfair since there's really no way you could have known. Woman 1 is looking at the place woman 2 was when I took the shot. They may have even seen each other, though I don't know that for sure.

I was struck by how different the two images are even though they were taken only a few minutes apart and within 20 meters of one another. Yet they seem like two different worlds--one traditional and picturesque, the other, industrial and oppressive. Perhaps it was the view of all that concrete that was making woman 1 so unhappy.

sara505

Richard wrote: »

Thanks for commenting. Liz: #2 was all about urban geometry--which fascinates me--but I realize it's not everyone's cup of tea.

OK, the question was a little unfair since there's really no way you could have known. Woman 1 is looking at the place woman 2 was when I took the shot. They may have even seen each other, though I don't know that for sure.

I was struck by how different the two images are even though they were taken only a few minutes apart and within 20 meters of one another. Yet they seem like two different worlds--one traditional and picturesque, the other, industrial and oppressive. Perhaps it was the view of all that concrete that was making woman 1 so unhappy.

Oh - too bad. I was thinking the woman in #1 was thinking, "The stinking, no-good bum has been out all night," and #2 was the woman the bum was out with.

Juano

sara505 wrote: »

Oh - too bad. I was thinking the woman in #1 was thinking, "The stinking, no-good bum has been out all night," and #2 was the woman the bum was out with.

I like your version of events the best!

sara505

Juano wrote: »

I like your version of events the best!

btw, I meant "too bad" as in too bad the game didn't last a little longer

Richard

sara505 wrote: »

btw, I meant "too bad" as in too bad the game didn't last a little longer

Hey, your version might very well be true. Who knows?

sara505

Richard wrote: »

Hey, your version might very well be true. Who knows?

I thought John's was pretty good, too.

Patti

sara505 wrote: »

Oh - too bad. I was thinking the woman in #1 was thinking, "The stinking, no-good bum has been out all night," and #2 was the woman the bum was out with.

Great storyline Sara.

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

I dont' know what they have in common--will continue to think on it, but that top image seriously supersedes the bottom one.
I could look at #1 all day with her cigarrette in hand deep in thought--beautiful conversion too.

I agree.

Richard

Thanks, Patti.

billseye

Before I read the story, I was thinking that the second one was about lines and angles (btw, I'll have that cup of urban geometry tea with you any day).

The explanation of the link between them is interesting and adds dimension to the viewing. What I find fascinating is that the two pictures, taken closely together in time and location came from the same photographer. Two very different tableaus. Speaks to your breadth of interest, I suspect.