Will,
You are so nuts, my friend, at least in your sudden identification of a substantial “flaw” in this, my favorite, of your vintage pictures we had on the original landing-page of OPF!
There is nothing “wrong” with this picture, because
that was how you the artist made it. I can stand folk demanded that art meet their own set ideas. One is free to like it or not:
- a steel rod seeming to line up with the back of a subjects head
- or arms not completely in the picture
- Cropped tight
- Not cropped at all
- Whatever!
are all fine by me, as long as the image:
- serves to document something significant
- or else evokes some reaction.
In this picture there’s a beautiful awfully under-age young woman, posed almost provocatively, who has not mastered grooming for adult fashion!
The posing stool has the back legs covered. But bad on you, Will, here brown eyes can’t be seen because of dark shadows. That is the only technical point that rises to a flaw in an otherwise perfect study of a young girl posing as a would-be, wanna-be actress with a dream!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful picture again! I really find is adorable, faults and all!
Asher