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Straight from the scan - just burned the corners a bit for a frame and a 16:9 crop. Tried to keep it as pure as possible to reflect the moment. Thank you.

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Mina 2 years ago

I like all your phtographs Richard and among them this is so strong thematically as well as technically. but still I wonder if such honest men really exist! :-)

Richard Ford I am sure they do... I wish I was one. But I am too bitter and jaded.

Alexander Kharlamov 2 years ago

Wonderful moment.

Pierre Pageau 2 years ago

félicitations .

Geir Danielsen 2 years ago

what a great composition and feel.....
well done!

Donato Buccella 2 years ago

.....Great!

Richard Ford Thanks Donato!

ris 2 years ago

yeah, great romantic movie! wonder if they are saying hello or goodbye.

Richard Ford Good question - or if they were told they can't be together - that happens a lot here as well - if a controlling parent disapproves...

ris yes,I know. my wife is Vietnameese and I'm lucky her mother liked me. Rest is history...

Dragan Jovancevic 2 years ago

i love this photo, the moment you captured is so full of love. a favorite

Richard Ford Thanks Dragan. Glad you like it!

Marie M 2 years ago

Alone in the world. I'm out of words when I look at such image.

Richard Ford It is funny how when I shot it all I noticed were the hands. The power hit me much later and even then after a few reviews of it....

MMarie The hands for sure are extremely beautiful no doubt about it. And they make the picture strong, and so emotional.

Faddoush 2 years ago

Very nice and very passionate.

Richard Ford Thanks Faddoush.

Dhani Gandoz 2 years ago

wonderful momment...

Richard Ford Thank you Dhani.

Paolo Giudici 2 years ago

I watched your last published photo and went again through your beautiful portfolio. How did I miss this one I do not know. This is in my opinion your best one, and one of the best street photos in the site. I admire your style and always read all your comments and remarks. Ciao, Paolo

Richard Ford Thanks Paolo... yes it is a very addictive image. ;-)

Mitchell Kanashkevich 3 years ago

Awesome! Very strong on many levels!

Richard Ford Thanks Mitchell!. I love it for the surreal movie like qualities that it has.....I love BW film! ;-)

Sylvie Bendel 3 years ago

yes!
yes!
yes, this is really intense, gentle, strong and wonderful.
...and pure as you said.
gets right into my heart.

Richard Ford Thank you Sylvie.

Jure Kravanja 3 years ago

superb

Richard Ford Thanks Jure - but I still think your shot is better.... it has the snow and that fence and all that atmosphere of spur of the moment to it.

Helmut Schadt 3 years ago

A wonderful, very emotional touching photograph.
A masterwork!

Kind regards,
Helmut

Richard Ford Much appreciated Helmut.

storytaylor 3 years ago

superb

Richard Ford Thanks ST!

Mario D'Alessandro 3 years ago

wonderful...l'amore che senti stringendo una donna..è la risposta del proprio amore a se stessi verso la donna che si ama.

Mario D'Alessandro

Richard Ford I understand "Amore"!

Yes. ;-)

Matej Baco 3 years ago

Nice! =]

Richard Ford Cheers Matej!

storytaylor 3 years ago

wonderful, wonderful moment.

Richard Ford Ta ST

Demo 3 years ago

I love this picture.
Great shot !

Richard Ford Thanks Demo, glad you enjoy it!

Calisto 3 years ago

loved it at first view...!
excellent capture!

Richard Ford Thanks Calisto!

Norbert Maier 3 years ago

Great capture! Very emotional!

Richard Ford Thank you Norbert. I am thrilled that you like so many others like this shot. So very humbling.

Giorgio Lorcet 3 years ago

great shot, fav in screen. I like scene and perfect bw. bravo.

Richard Ford We can all thank Kodak for continuing to invest money and research into making such great films like this new TMAX 400 that was only released to the public in December of 2007!

It would be a sad day if all we had was digital and no choice.... :-(

Giorgio Lorcet I agree with you. TMAX was the film that I preferred when I used my old analogical Nikon (I have also used TMAX 3200 :))

Alberto Peroni 3 years ago

One word only: Fantastic!!!

Richard Ford Muchly appreciated Alberto.

Ben Goossens 3 years ago

You are a strong street photographer... well captured:-))

Richard Ford Well, I can't take too much credit. All I do is make sure that I dedicate time and get outside. Whatever happens to be there is beyond my control or planning. I just keep hitting the pavement as much as I can and always have one of my cameras with me.

Cheers,
RF.

MOH 3 years ago

Love that moment.

Richard Ford Thanks MOH

flo 3 years ago

a very strong moment.. alone in the world ;)

Richard Ford Except for the 110kg 6'4 Australian boof head standing 4 feet away with a camera held to his face! ;-)

moses stell 3 years ago

great capture!

Richard Ford Thank you Moses!

John Oo 3 years ago

I feel the same way as Mal. I think this is one of those images that gets better with each observations. The man's hang is such a strong feature. I also like how you can't tell where the man's hair ends and where the woman's hair starts. Great image, well done.

Richard Ford True, true. It is very addictive. It was interesting to shoot at the time, but I don't remember being particularly excited about it. And then I left the exposed film in the fridge for a few weeks before I got around to souping it. But as I mentioned to Mal - it does somehow slowly sink in and amplify it's impact. Maybe because we are all photographers we are predisposed to approaching images differently?

Codrin Lupei 3 years ago

Excellent image, Richard, it was a favorite in screening, perfectly done! Love it!
all the best
Codrin

Richard Ford Ta Codrin

Song Yao 3 years ago

Street at it's best. Terrific capture Richard. I just love it.

Richard Ford Thanks Song.

barbara 3 years ago

wonderful!

Richard Ford Thanks Barbara

lucian olteanu 3 years ago

Movie like!!!

Richard Ford 16:9 crop will help in that dept too! ;-) As well as a centred composition and not rule of thirds.

Mal Smart 3 years ago

well done Richard. I must admit that I was unsure about this one at first look but when I returned to it a second and third time the energy of the emotion in the shot became more and more prevalent. I like it a lot. mal

Richard Ford G'Day Mal,

We had the same experiences then. When I first looked at the proof print it was "a maybe" for later work. But a definite scan candidate. And when I did my first run though of the images once imported in Aperture it grew a little - but still "meh".

Then as I looked more all of a sudden it just took my breath away. When I look at this shot I feel breathless and a weird sense of apprehension.

It has quickly become my favourite shot. Not because I like how it looks photographically (which was how I had my previous photo's) but simply because it resonates inside me and causes a physiological reaction.

Cheers,
RF.

Koen Pieters 3 years ago

ouch that's so strong and beautiful Richard. congrats

Richard Ford Thanks Koen. Much appreciated.

Jitariuc Alexandra 3 years ago

I like the emotion, this is the reason I fav the photo

Richard Ford Yes Jitarius, the emotion is strong. I seldom get that in my photo's. I am really amazed at how it came out.

Remo Rufer 3 years ago

wow, great tones! really like the photo a lot! may i ask what kind of developer you used?

Richard Ford G'Day Remo,

Thank you. The good old D-76 diluted 1:!. I find that always gave great tones and contrast with Tri-X and the same holds true for TMAX as well - which IMHO scans a lot better than TRI-X does.

If you push these films (TMAX 400 and TRI-X) one stop, or even just 15% more time you get progressively darker and nicer contrasts - albeit with more grain. But this new TMAX 400 really has fine grain.

RF.

Remo Rufer thanks richard! i tried the new tmax 400 and developed in tetenal ultrafin, it looks ok but not as good as yours! i really love the classical look of the negativ when pushed one stop!

Richard Ford Ah - I should be more clear. At 1 stop push you don't need to change the development time. I shot it at EI 400 but then developed it as if I had shot it at EI1600.

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