I found these boys in London. I confronted them and asked if I could photograph them at work. They agreed but insisted not of their faces. I hope you like my first try at Photojournalism.
This is our first, but hopefuly not last meeting on the pages of "Usefilm", Mr. Servante. I read your bio, which told me that you are a student of photography. I also looked at your entire portfolio. Most of your photos and I opened all of them, were taken in some part of London, a city I spent one of the most important years in my carrer in (1969-70), that I learned to love and revisited several times. Looking at your portfolio was not too difficult, because there were only eight photos and yet difficult, because your photos are good, showing a sense for the use of light, which is the essence of photography and a sense for the unusual and the symbolic, as well as for irony, which is to be seen in the captions of almost all your photos when compared to their contents. I opted to comment on this photo because beside being well composed, it is your your most colorful one. I also liked its "about." You are, of course, invited to read my bio and pay further visits to my portfolio. When you read my bio, you will see that I am a psychoanalyst. I have written a psychoanalytic book called "Dialogues with Schizophrenia - the Art of Psychotherepy." You can see in on www.drspringmann.com The issues to pay attention to on that site are Dr. Joyce Mc Dougall's preface (she is a leading figure in the psychoanalytic community) and the story of Adam, the first schizophrenic patient whose psychotherapy is described in the book. In case you would like to read the book, all you have to do is send an e mail with "Usefilm, your book" in the subject line to rafael1930@bezeqint.net and I will be glad to send you the book (1.02 MB) at no cost to you. Despite its name, the book was written with the interested non Mental-health professional also in mind. Several "Usefilm" members have received the book from me in that manner and so far there have been no complaints. Thank you for your very generous comment on my "In Monet's garden 1." Coming from a student of photography your comment is cherished all the more. Best regards, Dr. Rafael (Rafi for future communications) Springmann
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