Confrontation, Sucre hat factory, Sucre, Bolivia, 2014 photo

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14-MAY-2014

Confrontation, Sucre hat factory, Sucre, Bolivia, 2014

This worker, his face guarded by a protective mask, wears the same kind of a hat that he makes. As I approached him, he stopped working for a moment and looked at me with a fixed stare. My tight, intimate confrontational framing intensifies this interpretation of a man and his job. The staring eyes and menacing mask lurking within the massive dark hat, complete the interpretation. This is a grim and gritty portrait of a worker who daily faces a challenging and dangerous task.

FujiFilm X-M1
1/60s f/6.0 at 143.9mm iso2500 hide exif

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Date/Time	14-May-2014 06:52:34
Make	FujiFilm
Model	X-M1
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	143.9 mm
Exposure Time	1/59 sec
Aperture	f/6
ISO Equivalent	2500
Exposure Bias	-1.00
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Phil Douglis		13-Jul-2014 22:28
Yes, Steve, he certainly knew I was making this picture. He is staring right into my lens, and it is that stare that makes this image say what it says. As for my flip out viewfinder, that is the only viewfinder that is on this camera, so I had to use it. It is almost always extended, and rarely folded back on the camera.

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