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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Four: Photographing human response – gesture, body language, and expressions > Luncheon salute, Tineghir, Morocco, 2006
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21-DEC-2006

Luncheon salute, Tineghir, Morocco, 2006

The boys of Dar ET-Tab, a boarding home for impovershed students, offer a luncheon salute of three fingers, summing up their school motto: "Earth, Humanity, and Freedom." Like the boy in the previous image, they are playing to the camera. But the gestures they use occur spontaneously. I did not say anything to them – they are communicating their feelings to me and to anyone who might ever view this image. This picture is about feelings, and they come to us from the heart. Each boy brings a different expression to the table as well -- the boy at left deals with a mouthful of food, the one in the middle looks away for the moment, while the student at right confidently takes his stand.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/40s f/2.8 at 7.4mm iso100 full exif

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