Smile

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In this photo I see an older man working at a diner.  He is wearing an apron and is smiling at the camera.  The photo is in black and white.  I can see the creases in his face all of the wrinkles show his age.  There is a woman sitting down at the table to older man is wiping.  She has a cigarette in hand wears a sun hat and does not face the camera.  Behind both of these people is another man who wears glasses but is in the dark so we can't see any of his features besides his glasses.  The diner these three people seem to be in is not the cleanest looking or the nicest.  

I like the fact that the artist shot this picture in black and white film.  Black and white tend (for me at least) to bring out the reality in a scene in a film or a photograph.  Because its not the beautiful colors we're looking at anymore but what is actually going on.  I just get more emotion out of black and white film. 


 In this photo the older man, he is ok with his job because he is happy with it.  Maybe he is the owner, or a chief or just a bus boy either way he is happy and really that's all that matter in life. This happy older man is the key to this photo.  He looks to be in a rusty old diner, but his smile lights up the room.  One can relate this to the question do we make our environment.  In this case, sure the diner is not appealing to ones eye, but the good energy this one man brings to the diner makes it look like a nice place to eat. 

This is a great photo, because of the smile.