Looking out for Number One

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 26 April 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Although appearances can be deceiving.

High-res here.

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Comments (8)

Srik from Bengalooru, India

Lovely shade work...and mine is the Number One comment today ;)

26 Apr 2007 5:54am

@Srik: Indeed it is. Looking out for you, then. Thanks, Srik!

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

some good shadows there, I wish for 0,5 m larger frame top and bottom

26 Apr 2007 10:21am

@Dimitrios: Agreed. Such is the eternal element of chance of the street shooter. Thanks, Dimitrios!

Cassidy from United States

cheers mate for all the comms etc. Ive been checking in now and again but been feeling rather unmotivated recently. We all hit our walls though dont we. anyway Love this, and if you don't know this guy its quite an act of bravery as he looks like he's more than capable of inflicting his fair share of damage. I can imagine the headline...'a team of doctors labored to remove a camera...lucky it wasn't a large format'

26 Apr 2007 10:28am

@Cassidy: Heh! Thanks, Cassidy from Afghanistan - if that is your real name! Time to jump back on that horse, realise what you're doing is valuable, and break through that wall. In the words of Bigfoot, 'tear low self-esteem a new a--hole'.

Anyway, this picture: as I said, looks can be deceiving, and in this case, what looks like a cocked fist is actually a hand cradling a cell phone. Probably was talking to his mommy. The electro-method here: let the camera do the looking and don't stop walking.

Kheoh Yee Wei from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

hah! This is a nice candid crisp sharp image !!! Very nice

26 Apr 2007 11:37am

@Kheoh Yee Wei: Thanks, Kheoh!!!

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

Ha, numero uno. Great conversion to b&w here Damon, sharp work, I agree with Kheoh, the candidness of this scene works very well for the viewer, makes the scene quite involving. Nice work!

27 Apr 2007 1:36am

@Chris Sullivan: Thanks, Chris! I love shooting on sunny days.

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

Ha! Definitely too cool for school. A shady individual indeed. Nice one.

27 Apr 2007 3:19am

@Stu: Thanks, Stu!

Daniel from Olympia, United States

careful who you point your camera at!

27 Apr 2007 4:23am

@Daniel: Thanks, Daniel! Scene explained to 'Cassidy' above.

Putter from Belgium

Now that's a cool guy! :) The B/W works great in this shot. Very nice! The title remains me of an old Boomtown Rats song. ('Looking After Number One')

28 Apr 2007 6:01am

@Putter: Thanks, Putter! I'll have to look up that song.

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