This image is a good example of expressive body language. I made it from a distance at full-telephoto range (420mm). Three of the four men in this street discussion have their hands in their pockets. The other has his arms folded to his body. They are playing it, as we Americans would say, close to the vest. Nobody is committing themselves here. They play a wait and see game. The man doing the talking here is the fellow on the left – even though we can’t see his face, he seems to be leaning forward and expressing himself to the man with folded arms. The two robed men are really bystanders in this discussion. They mimic each other’s posture. I also like the tension created by the spacing here. The man with folded arms is allowing the smallest amount of space between himself and the others. But the tension within that narrow space is palpable. All of this is due to the dynamics of the body language. As expressive photographers, we must learn to read body language and then use it to tell our stories.