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03-JUN-2010

Sharing, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2010

Two people don’t usually occupy one seat, but they do in this case. It was an incongruous situation. I found them sharing a rolling chair just across the street from Santa Fe’s Plaza. They noticed me shooting them, and during my first few shots, they grinned back at me in response. As I continued to shoot, they stopped laughing. Here, the man’s expression is normal, while the woman appears to repressing a smile. Their responses are essentially normal, down to the drink in hand, except for the incongruous fact that she is sitting in his lap.

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Phil Douglis29-Jun-2010 23:13
Thanks, Tim. Yes, that's me in the window, looking down into my waist level viewfinder as usual. I never hide behind a camera when I am shooting, and I always make eye contact with my subjects, carrying a smile on my face. I think that's really why these people are putting up with me here. Thanks, Tim, for noting this.
Tim May29-Jun-2010 19:58
What a wonderful moment of humanness. (If one looks closely one can see the photographer, in a very familiar stance, reflected in the window.)
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