2011-02-11 // 22:41:39
coxinel
i guess a cute elegant black guy is sort of magically attractive here ;)

^ Hey, congratulations~a very elegant cover! Somewhere, an elegant man is standing near a foggy tree, and seagulls are flying in close, and a half-dressed girl is looking wistfully toward a picturesque city in the distance. Let's hope some of us are nearby, with a camera.

2009-07-15 // 15:22:11
manuptheroad
Damn. Way way beyond cool.

^ This guy was wayyyyy too cool for me...I felt like a scummy paparazzo....

2008-04-23 // 13:19:18
calicant
Oops... you did it again! ;)
well deserved.

^ oh! thank you, kind sir. really just in the unpredictable hands of the algorithm!

2008-04-23 // 03:20:25
frugorfoto
its a retro fave

^ by a modern lady

2008-04-22 // 19:46:34
mrrcsmith
what an amazing picture! has such an old school (robert frank) sensibility. my new favorite. congrats congrats!!

^ this is too much praise-- i think everything was really already there, and i just quickly pressed the red button! i love robert frank! and i am such an admirer of your polaroids. thank you so much for these kind words.

2008-04-22 // 18:09:57
nanako
wow!
nice color, nice composition, nice capture!!
this is really wonderful.... :D
so so great! like a vintage films :)

^ isn't the color funny! i feel like the tones are true only to the person--but that everything else around him turned back to the 1950s or 60s!! thank you!

2008-04-22 // 14:35:02
amaliachimera
He is stylin'!

^ isn't he dapper? i think maybe he should just be installed there permanently, on a rotating disk in the sidewalk.

2008-04-22 // 11:06:58
xeal
Great shot, congrat'

@+
Alex.

^ oh! thank you, Alex --i admire your polaroids so much!

2008-04-22 // 08:23:11
emilie79
so glad to see this on the front page dear! really one of my favorites by you!! so well deserved :) congratulations!

^ oh--emilie, what a great friend you are! thank you! so unpredictable, that algorithm...

2008-04-22 // 08:05:34
LATELIERp
a big congrat.

you deserve it gib time!!!!

^ i feel so proud and happy to read your words--thank you so much for this!

2008-04-22 // 07:56:24
rabbitandsparrow
yay! well done!

^ honestly--i'm really surprised! i was just so happy to be able to get a hint of motion into one of my polas -finally- i'm so glad other people like it!

2008-04-21 // 15:58:57
stecco333
oh!!!...great!...v*f

^ oh--thank you!

2008-04-20 // 23:13:36
soulsimple
Retro indeed!!

^ and yet, somehow, modern.

2008-04-20 // 23:12:02
CDR
Oh My.
Iowa.

I concur.

^ i'm glad to know that you think he is turning, too.

2008-04-20 // 22:38:29
polagem
such a 'moment in time' capture, simply stunning my dear, such poise, such elegance, such importance

^ oh gosh...thank you. i think it says "poise, elegance and importance" in twirly letters on the tag of this suit.

2008-04-20 // 21:42:27
rabbitandsparrow
WOW.

after spending the entire day helping my dad lug around a view camera in camden town, (which is a very busy & touristy part of london) and seeing how tough it is to get good street shots and then to see this effortless, beautiful, poetical photograph...
i am so impressed...
xx

^ wow--that means a lot to me, j.! i waited at this spot for a while, but nobody really passed by, so i left. i was walking back uptown and decided to try again...then saw B. and followed him around the corner! poor man--i took this very quickly so he wouldn't know what hit him!

2008-04-20 // 21:39:11
LATELIERp
this is style!!!!! waw... i'm impressed. love the colors of course.but also teh composition.

it's fantastic work.


bravo.


voted

^ thank you so much for all your encouraging words, exithp! truly appreciated. ( i think B. did all the work for me, though! )

2008-04-20 // 21:35:14
arturo
guauuuuu
amazing!!!!!!!!
v,f

^ thank you for the guauuuuu!

2008-04-20 // 18:16:22
milkysoldier
I adore it :)

^ he is a very adorable mannequin, isn't he? ;)

2008-04-20 // 15:56:38
emilie79
couldn't agree more with stefano!
fine looking fellow, this B.! and amazing picture, really.

^ truly, i am turning red, here--a very c. 1970s red...

2008-04-20 // 15:52:36
Stefano

Are you kidding me? M—! This is unbelievable. He dazzles. You dazzle. This photograph is stunning. I cannot stop *looking* at the Modern Man pivoting real light on his heel in a world of sweet retro colors.

This one is special. And with a title like that you can slip this right into any reputable museum collection, no problem.

^ oh, gosh... loss for words, right now... to say thank you seems an acknowledgment for too much praise--i will just say that i love your comment " ...pivoting real light on his heel..." because to try to capture that was what i wanted.

2008-04-20 // 15:44:13
emilie79
love it!

^ poor B. i only took his picture because he seemed so awfully plain and alone. i'll tell him about your compliment!