And that's what I like to do. I started in Guatemala with this photo of a very primitive photographer shooting a family on the banks of Lake Amatitlan. There was a festival going on and this family wanted a remembrance of the day. When the photographer was finished, he dipped the negative in a pail of solution and Voila!. "Here's your photo". This was in the early 60s. I had a Pentax SLR camera with real film. Unfortunately not a very steady hand, so the photo is fuzzy. But I still like it.
This photographer was photographing a friend riding through the tunnel on the moving walkway under the the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
I'm not sure that this photo will be appropriate for this prompt because I failed to include the photographer in the shot. This family was being photographed in Spain on the occasion of the little boy's confirmation. Cute outfit, isn't it.
Here's another family being photographed by my friend, Connie at a museum in Washington (I don't remember which one, but it sure fits with this theme). What a handsome family.
And for the final "shoot the photographer" shot, here's one I took yesterday on a visit to Palm Springs.
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Your shot of the Guatemalan street photographer setting up to photograph a family on the lake shore is excellent. Some time ago I was searching for examples of street photographers plying their business in the modern era, and found that the majority of the post-Second World War ones were in Third World countries, using cameras that looked as though they came out of the ark. I wouldn't be surprised if this one is producing tintypes!
ReplyDeleteI would have guessed that the Guatemala photograph is a much older. Marilyn sure is a BIG attraction, and irresistible to anyone with a camera.
ReplyDeleteYou make something especially interesting (and photogenic) from the theme. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteThe guys standing under Marilyn -ha! It's a wonder they didn't hoist one of them onto another's shoulders.
ReplyDeleteThe walkway shot in Washington had me wanting to duck my head. But it's the Guatemala picture that takes the prize for me.
ReplyDeleteI love the Guatemalan shot - what a difference from the ubiquitous cell phone photos of today. In India, even the poor people lined up for free meals in the a few of the temples we visited were using their cell phones to take photos. The "Marilyn" photo is priceless.
ReplyDeleteThat first picture is a real gem, fuzzy or not. You've gathered a nice collection of snappers being snapped!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great theme you've got, I like the fact the first photo was taken in the 60s and if you came across it unmarked in a box you would never guess the date. The last photo is so funny.
ReplyDeleteA nice collection for the theme, as much about "the pose" as about the person with the camera.
ReplyDeleteNancy, your shot of a photographer in action in Guatemala is my favourite. With this photo you have captured the essence of photography, memories.
ReplyDeleteI think M is braless. That shoot in Guatemala is my fave. Primitive. I like that.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! What are those guys doing, trying to hold Marilyn up? A wonderful selection of photos, and like most everybody else, the Guatemala picture is my favorite too.
ReplyDeleteKathy M.
Wow, this was fun! It's so funny that pose of Marilyn which seems to pop up in so many places! She will never be forgotten!
ReplyDeleteAn excellent collection of photos for this week's theme.
ReplyDeleteGreat Photos!I Never Realized that Marilyn was such a Big Lass!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics and that Marilyn shot steals the show.
ReplyDeleteHow typical for guys to be found under a skirt....
That Nat Gallery pic is interesting.
I'd have fun there.
Nice post!!
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HUGZ
I think that "famous woman" would still love all the "silliness!"
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