The Capital Grille
by bvy

Comment by Siggav:
It feels rather busy in an "my eye is pulled all over the place" sort of way, however the woman and her expression, pose and outfit and her colours really lift the photo for me and then adding in the contrast with the other people in the photo it builds up into a slice of life sort of image that has a lot more impact than it would if it were purely being judged on composition and 'dry' technicals like that.

So yeah, I actually quite like it. It could probably be better with a slightly more out of focus background or a bit less cluttered or sinking into the people, however the people are just about perfect and I love how they're arranged in the photo.

YMMV of course

Oh and I like the colour treatment, gives it a bit of an old film photo feel.

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by halopes:
You need the flash in her face, for the photo to be totally Gilden :)

The Capital Grille
by bvy

Comment by Zigomar:
I like the culture clash in this scene.

The Capital Grille
by bvy

Comment by bassbone:
Dang! And I wanted to vote on this one...I would have given it a 10 for awesome story and interaction of cultures

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by pawdrix:
I hate Bruce Gilden. If I ever see that guy he'd better run...

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by PennyStreet:
The perspective is marvelous and she is not happy.

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by bspurgeon:
Yeah, she is not pleased!

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by tph1:
I like it...

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by Iraklis:
It does stir the viewer up, though.

MLXXXVI
by bvy

Comment by salmiakki:
Have to confess, I am not a fan of Bruce Gilden's photography. Some may enjoy his "in your face" approach, but I find his style is somewhat intrusive and just not very interesting. He maybe one of the golden boys of street photography, but definitely his work does nothing for me. I guess it's good that we are all different. Now Erwitt is a different story altogether.