great photos from my contacts / 26-08-2007: christine lebrasseur - lost in translation

an image that pops in the eyes - an everyday scene: a woman sitting on a bench, her handbag right next to her - she is studying what appears to be a streetmap - it's summer, she is wearing a dark costume and sandals - that's all - but then: the crop - it is unusual and "outrageous" - the photographer cut off the head - what usually is a crime, here it works perfectly - even though the photography is technically not of high standard (blurs, strange focus), it's the scene and above all the crop which makes this one different - the photographer (i know her work) deliberately chose everything in and about this picture, and right she did - this is a wonderful image