Gentlemen...

RichardV, 8 months ago

Another great B&W capture Deb.

Roy barry, 8 months ago

Quite simply-This is an absolutely Brilliant image, just outstanding!

SylviaHardy, 8 months ago

What a brilliant documentary! it is a bit like Cartier Bresson, just love it Deborah, well done!

AndyReeve, 8 months ago

Love this one Debs. Think I should do some more B/W.

Martie Venter, 8 months ago

Wow – what an awesome find, beautifully captured!

Trish Cooper, 8 months ago

WOW talk about catching a quick opportunity and making the most of it…it turned out great as usual…love it!!!!!

Jo Fedora, 8 months ago

great narrative to this image….all the elements work to construct a great image

geraint, 8 months ago

Great composition and balance

ferndesign, 8 months ago

awesome work really love it well done

Madison Ellis, 8 months ago

Excellent picture!!!

David Taylor, 8 months ago

Well spotted Deborah! I’m just wondering who or what she was hoping to photograph coming out the gents…

skin88, 8 months ago

Its always a pleasure to view your work, nicely taken.

Paul Louis Vil..., 8 months ago

Well spotted Deb! Love your styling and tones! :D

vonne, 8 months ago

GREAT Shot!

AngelArtist, 8 months ago

Love this

Ken Mucke, 8 months ago

Excellent eye Deb to catch that shadow…it really makes that picture stand out…very interesting study of the woman outside the gents Bathroom….perfect lighting again

Ed Michalski, 8 months ago

Some people would say B&W photography is just a treatment of a color capture. It is much more than that. I think if someone asked how so I would point them to your work.

Sean Farragher, 8 months ago

fantastic shot

Simon Gladwin, 8 months ago

She seems to have her focus….I wonder if thats a macro lens? Love the shadow of the lampost. Well observed shot Debs.

Lee Martin, 8 months ago

The lady with the camera makes this shot, so much of a story being told for a single image and the shadow is just divine

Oli Johnson, 8 months ago

excellent. so much going on. where to start?

Benjamin Scheurer, 8 months ago

Fascinating shot, Deborah!
Love the shadow of the lamp!

Antanas, 8 months ago

great capture, interesting scene

berndt2, 8 months ago

Very cool shot – my eyes pretty much moved around the image the same way yours did : Gentlemen, Lady, Shadow. Nice!

Mike Emmett, 8 months ago

This one made me chuckle! Well seen.

Tina monroe, 8 months ago

love the lighting!

lightleake, 8 months ago

Super !!

Mark Gardner, 8 months ago

brilliant Deb, your work is always so interesting, such an eye for an opportunity, is she waiting for someone or just hoping lol, love the shadow

Douzy, 8 months ago

One of my fave of yours… The composition is just perfect (woman + lamp shadow), and the Gentlemen sign in the middle adds a funny twist. Really like your street photography, and I bet Abe and Fleur are more than happy to have a break from their paparazzi mum!! ;))

Sharon Hammond, 8 months ago

As always the tones are lovely

Birgitta, 8 months ago

I was going to say, that the most interesting part to me is
the lamp post, and then read your description. It really stands
out, doesn’t it? Even up against a loitering (and somewhat questionable)
woman snapping photos (is she?) around the men’s room. (yikes..)
Plenty to talk about here....heheh. Beautiful control with the lighting
and tones; masterful work. It seriously looks like a staged studio shot..
so yeah…bravo!

Halcyon007, 8 months ago

And somewhere, there may be someone who took a picture of you taking a picture of the gents loo. What goes around comes around! Did you think of that Deb?

That aside, great candid shot. Makes you wonder if there’s something else other than the lampost offscreen (maybe another photographer).

The light is brilliant with the shadow across the majority of the wall but illuminating the lampost over to the right.

The textures in the brickwork are fantastic and it’s a great capture of an old toilet (the kind you would only use if desperate as they are old)

Martin Derksema, 8 months ago

Beautiful work. It plays a funny mindgame with me. The word ‘gentlemen’ is featured so prominently that my mind wants to think the picture is about men. But there is no man in the image. It is not about men at all. It is about a woman and a lampost and a beautiful alcove with a mosaic of tiles. I absolutely lóve pictures that say they are about men but are in fact about women and lamposts. There is a sense of humour in this image that makes me think of Magritte. (Ceci n’est pas une pipe.) Beautiful piece of art, Deborah.

sword, 8 months ago

I think this for me is one of your best yet, and that is saying something brilliant work Deborah

funkyfacestudio, 8 months ago

This is awesome, The shadow of the lamp post is so cool, beautiful work Deborah :)

Arnold Isbister, 8 months ago

MAN you got a good eye. You capture the moment and mood as a Fine Art. She is not shooting the lampost, it’s something beyond, something not visible to us.

halftone, 8 months ago

This is just fabulous, Deb, well seen!!!!!

Helene Kippert, 8 months ago

Well spotted Deb – love the tones and treatment

Ellie Winds, 8 months ago

love the shadow! nice capture.

Angela Stewart, 8 months ago

Gosh, not one but TWO women lurking around a men’s public dunny taking photos…what IS the world coming to?? There’s such a comic element this this Deb that it really makes me smile…great capture!

Rhana Griffin, 8 months ago

Love love LOVE the shadow of the lamp Deb… that image alone would make a fantastic capture!

midzing, 8 months ago

fantastic,,, love it

wellman, 8 months ago

its the “glow” in your work that gives it that stunning DP signature – this one is a gem!

Naomi Frost, 8 months ago

What a great find, Deb. As usual, you have done a terrific job with the textures of this shot. The bricks look fabulous and the ones over the door really do pop out. That shadow is positioned perfectly and the woman with the camera just tops off a terrific capture. I hope the lady was taking a picture of the shadow too…lol

Mister, 8 months ago

Nice.

Graham Dean, 8 months ago

Love the character with the camera, could be any of us focusing on our little worlds. The lighting draws me in,.....(maybe because I need to go), lol, Very unique and entertaining art Deb.

J.K. York, 8 months ago

superb street capture. the light and dark are in perfect balance. that shadow of the lamp is a corker of a compositional dynamic to the woman on the left. bravo.

Robert Mrvecka, 8 months ago

great portfolio, love your work!!!

micmac, 8 months ago

You cut her right ,fantastic shot.

Nikki Trexel, 8 months ago

a wonderful capture! there are a number of tiny worlds in it. i’m sure that other woman’s picture was probably good, but i like all the life in this one! :)

Clare Bentham, 8 months ago

really love this shot and the shadow of the lampost is amazing :)

kkmeer, 8 months ago

very nice shot

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

awesome work Deb

Andrew Bosman, 8 months ago

The most simple things do make the best subjects. Nice work Deb.

Jeff Burns, 8 months ago

This is awesome Deb that shadow of the lamp is brilliant. Wonderfully done

Paul Tupman, 8 months ago

Wow! This is fantastic Deb.. sorry for coming to this late.. trying to catch up now.. I love this.. and yes, the shadow definately makes this a fantastic shot.. Not sure if anyone else has said this yet, but to me it loks very sinister.. very Hitchcock! So many stories can be taken from this or made.. this is what I love about your work! An instant favourite – this one has so much!

Thomas Dodd, 8 months ago

You have such a great feel for the way light and shadow interact – beautifully captured!

StacyLee, 8 months ago

I love the shadow and the feel to this image. Great work Deb!

Rebecca Barker, 8 months ago

LOVE YOUR STYLE GOOD SHOT THEY ALL ARE!!!!!

Michael Gatch, 8 months ago

Another really great shot. You definitely see everything in the frame and get it all just right.

Deborah Parkin in reply to Michael Gatch’s comment, 8 months ago

Thank you so much Michael – and thanks to for your comment on ‘The Diver’ – i really appreciate them :)

Lucindawind, 8 months ago

its fantastic !

marcusjohn, 8 months ago

WOW.. yes WOW – great capture.. it has a kind of eerie feel .. like it a lot..

Michael Douglass, 8 months ago

Got a lot of love for this one Deb, like what you’ve done here.

Dan Cahill, 8 months ago

great shadows. Love it

ZuzanaD, 7 months ago

Superb capture of light and shaddows, as well as a great candid.

Andy Harris, 7 months ago

great atmosphere in this shot – love the old writing on the toilet, and the shadow of the light is a fantastic addition… great catch!

Carlos Teófilo, 7 months ago

Your “eye” is fabulous. Your work fenomenal. You’re a talent. Congratulations.

Deborah Parkin in reply to Carlos Teófilo’s comment, 7 months ago

thank you Carlos for you beautiful words.

Carlos Teófilo, 7 months ago

Beautiful words? Beautiful is your talent.

discostoo, 7 months ago

Utterly captivating, like so much of your work.

Thank you.

Alexia Wardell, 7 months ago

Very well done.. love the tones and the composition.

lonebearimages, 7 months ago

Jiminy Christmas! It took me three minutes just to scroll down to the comment window! LOL! What sets this composition is apart, for me; is your use of thirds vertically. The girl, the door, and the lamp-post shadow. The other subtlety is the contrast from left to right with the bright tones of her coat balancing the lighter right side; and then the reverse, from right to left, with the lamp-post shadow balancing the dark shadows of the left side. This is superbly composed, Deb; as usual. I find your black and white work very compelling and incredibly inspirational. Keep up the good work! Finally, another observation I’d like to make is that you don’t post a lot of fluff. None of your work, in any way, shape, or form, can be considered to be mediocre in the slightest. Your attention to quality is to be commended! Cheers! Chris

Christina Martin, 6 months ago

Love the lighting great work

Jhug, 6 months ago

Very nicely exposed! Love the lampost shadow on the right.

budrfli, 6 months ago

iconic!

marshall calve..., 6 months ago

so good is all that’s needs to be said

savosave, 4 months ago

excellent shot