Friday, 4 July 2025

Everyone's Lost Their Head

 

May, 2025
These headless mannequins are in the display window of a Fila store that's recently gone out of business. I worked at getting a good composition and micro-composition (notice the streetlamp in the upper right) for a little while and then noticed the woman in the hat walking down the sidewalk. Her dark clothes stood out against the light mannequin and her white hat contrasted with the road and tree trunk (never mind the tree trunk is growing out of her head) so I thought she would make a nice secondary subject. I pressed the shutter button on the phone once and then, in a nice bit of luck, she turned awkwardly and looked up. Click! Or whatever the sound an iPhone makes is when taking a picture.

When I got home and looked the picture over I was very pleased with it. When I saw the confused woman juxtaposed with the headless mannequins the phrase "Everyone's lost their head" popped into my mind. And thus the title.

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2 comments:

  1. Michael McNeill12 July 2025 at 05:47

    That’s perfect, Marcus. It would be on my wall, for sure!

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    1. Marcus Peddle13 July 2025 at 23:16

      Thanks. Preparation + luck = good photograph. This maybe go in my portfolio for sure.

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