On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:35:47 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I shot this in Sweden 25 years ago with a Fuji 801 and a Vivitar 20/3.5 lens. 
> (Wish I had a better wide angle at that time.) The two men in the photo are 
> my uncle Olle and my great uncle Einar. This was the first time I met them. 
> The location is the kitchen of the farmhouse where my father was born in 
> 1906. Olle and Einar were talking when I walked in. They didn't see me, so I 
> was able to get a candid photo. It was on tri-x. Scanned from the negative 
> quite recently. It's here:
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1789579&size=lg
> 

What a great shot!!

>From the shot, I'm guessing that this kitchen is the most important
room in the house - it looks so "lived in", the exact opposite of
these "designer kitchens" that we see on all the cable network
designer shows.  I bet these two old fellows spent many an hour seated
right where they are in your photo, debating each other, pondering
life.

Terrific stuff.

cheers,
frank


-- 
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson

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