MOVING IN
Barrio San Agustin, Caracas, Venezuela, 1978
It’s a fairly common situation. There’s a scene, a setting, and for one reason or another it is appealing, but it really ought to have some life in it—a figure to complete the scene. The figure is easy enough to imagine, but life isn’t always so cooperative. The answer is to settle down and wait, for as long as you feel the image is worth. Actually, that’s just the first part of the solution. The next part is deciding where exactly a passing figure would best fit into the scene. And if it’s someone walking through, there is a choice. As it happens, the most natural-looking position is on the ...
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