Beneath our feet is apt both factually and metaphorically. This shot was taken under the newly modernised Hungerford Bridge over the Thames. The project cost countless millions but hasn\'t made a whole bunch of difference to this rough sleeper. I resisted the intrusive close up of him and left him in the frame almost as an afterthought, dwarfed by the rest of the frame.
Andrew, my critiscim of the size of the man only referred to the full sized shot. This would be best seen on a quite large print (20*30cm) that empty space would be all the harder to ignore. Its sad that so many people just walk past without seeing, but Im sure we're all guilty of the same at some point in time. Thanks for your reply.
I fully take on board the comment, about the pile of rags and yes, it is more obvious full res. However, that was still part of the thought process behind the shot, most people who have seen the uncompressed image still say "why is it called rough....oh, yeah, bottom right hand corner!". Unfortunately we often don't notice the homeless in real life, and thats what I wanted to reflect with the photo. The sense of lonliness is also important, I had to wait for ages before people stopped walking by and still had to crop the shot slightly to exclude everyone but the subject!
I think you were right in letting the homeless person bne dwarfed by the surrounds. All that empty space enforces that his life is probably rather lonely. Unfortunately in the web resized shot, on my screen he looks almost like a bunch of rags and its hard to discern a human shape there.
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