Cars

So much for the Original Idea

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It was not intentional. Though I have seen it many times. Elliott Erwitts image of the couple reflected in the side mirror of a car. I bet you have seen it too. If you don't know which image I am referring to, try searching for “elliott erwitt car couple” on your favourite search engine.

It did not occur to me as I was taking the picture. It dawned upon me as I sat down at the computer to take a look at the images I had taken a couple of days ago. It does look familiar, yet not the same. The point is, we don’t start with a blank canvas, or as Ansel Adams put it

“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved”
— Ansel Adams

Rover 100 (1/1000s @ f/2.8, 50mm, ISO 320)