I love the gritty "inner city" feel to them. I'm always amazed that no matter where you go, kids seem to have an inherent joy in them. It's as if they have yet to be jaded by the realities of "adult" existence.
These kids may not be from a poorer neighbourhood at all, but your shots remind me of those who said, "We grew up poor, but we didn't realize we were poor at the time. We were happy despite the deprivations." Thinking specifically of Camus in "The First Man" (a largely autobiographical novel) growing up in Algerian slums.
When were these taken? They seem to have a 60's or 70's feel to them for some reason. And, what film did you use? They're lovely in their lack of grain, even in these "rough scans" (as you call them).
When I see stuff like this, it reminds me that on a beautiful sunny winter Sunday, I should be out waking with the camera, shooting. So inspired, that's where I'm going now.
thanks, Shel, frank
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From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shootin' Kids Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 05:00:20 -0800
Hi gang ...
Scanned a few old negs yesterday and put a couple of rough JPEGs up. They are a few of my "kids" pics. Work in progress ...
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/close1.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/close2.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/close5.jpg
shel
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