Saturday, September 17, 2011

I Don't Want to Be Here (Unidentified Glass-Plate Image)

Four young people
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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.


These young people are not identified, and I have no clue who they might be.

What struck me about this photo is how uncomfortable the young woman on the left seems — gazing toward the floor, her hands twisted around to clutch her own forearms, even her shoulders looking tense. Is she just shy, perhaps? Or maybe she doesn't like that guy standing behind her, with his hand on the back of her chair … or maybe she really, really does like him.

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