John wrote: > >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--- > >> %20%20barbelle.html > >> > >> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. > > > > A wonderfully atmospheric picture, but I don't understand the culture > > of young ladies covering themselves with body art/tattoos. I must be > > getting old. > > > > Malcolm > > I'm pretty sure it's a generational thing like long hair on men when I > was a teen. > > I don't find it attractive either, but it's not my place to criticize > their choices. I generally try to remember all the hassles I had at > that age over my appearance and try to keep my mouth shut.
It's also that I find it interesting dating when a picture was taken by cultural changes. I seem to have missed when the odd tattoo on an arm became replaced often with artwork covering the whole arm - and maybe only one arm etc. Smoking in public is another; I can look at pictures taken locally and notice the changes. Up until the late 80s you often saw most people smoking in public and that has reduced to a rare instance now - and nine out of ten times, it will be a woman in 2015, at least around here. Financial indicators of the times. I've used the skip observation before (or whatever builders call the large metal container to remove waste from projects where you are), but in 'good times', they are replaced regularly, filled with all sorts of things that look hardly used. I can remember at one point in 1974 it was rare to see one on the streets with money for work tight, and those skips were almost impossible to fill, as others found use for what was put in it, almost as soon as it went in! Getting back to the picture, it's that curiosity of how this will be looked at in say, 2035? Will people be able to date it roughly - 'Ah yes, that sort of body art was popular up until the early 2020s?'. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
