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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Four: Photographing human response – gesture, body language, and expressions > Hug, Columbia State Historic Park, California, 2008
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19-MAY-2008

Hug, Columbia State Historic Park, California, 2008

This park contains a collection of Gold Rush architecture, offering visitors a living museum. This couple had been sitting for a while on top of a wagon parked on the main street – sharing a moment together out of the past. They could not see me, since they were looking into the late afternoon sun and I was standing in deep shadow. I used my long 420mm telephoto lens to make this exuberant image. The man climbed down first, and the woman screamed as she fell into his waiting hug. I used my multiple exposure feature, keeping my finger on the shutter button as she moved from the wagon to the hug. This was the gesture that says it all.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/400s f/5.6 at 75.0mm iso100 full exif

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