Philip Green Educational - Slide Set S46 - Weather
10 – A man crossing a main road on a foggy morning. A red traffic light and a car’s headlights can be seen. Fog is a large cloud that lies close to the ground. It is made up of tiny drops of water.
*Taken from the Teachers’ Notes for this set.
My favourite image from the whole set. I love the fleeting perfection of the composition – the man in full stride… foot just about to hit the ground, the different layers of objects – just beautiful!
It’s mood puts me in mind of Jack Vettriano – if Jack Vettriano stopped painting toffs & trollops, and started painting working class men of the 1970’s instead.
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Uploaded: August 26, 2010
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6 comments
Paul wrote...
No, there's far too much to stage manage in that shot - and all at the mercy of traffic lights and vehicles too..?! Nooo, a lucky grab methinks - maybe using an early motor driven camera.
japanese forms wrote...
maybe vettriano would if the guys wore stockings and suspender belts...
and had their breeks round their ankles...
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great shot
teddave wrote...
its a great picture, id be well chuffed to have produced it
vettriano painting the working class... aye and that nice mr cameron'll be doing the bins on tuesday... one day ill wake up and itll all be beautiful
Paul wrote...
If you wake up before everyone else 'it' IS beautiful. It's once all the yobs & pikeys get out of bed it goes down hill...
teddave wrote...
dang compound: sorted...
Brilliant. D'you reckon it's posed? Check the arms of the guy on the right.