a touch of color
glamour at the airport
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 1 October 2007 in People & Portrait.
The airport is always such a dull place. You're either passing through without really noticing it or tearing your hair out from boredom because your flight was delayed another three hours. This woman apparently decided to spice up her visit.
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Photo taken at the O'Hare Airport on August 23, 2007.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
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Rags from Plano, United States
the frustration and sheer boredom is visible on the faces of the people in the image. Good shot!
1 Oct 2007 5:08am
Illuci from Netherlands
If your flight is delayed, remember how much more time it would have taken you if you would have gone by boat or train (maybe you would never have gone because of that amount of time). The picture expresses the psychological effect very well!
1 Oct 2007 7:07am
@Illuci: Oh my, it would've taken a week. Very good point! :)
@badala: Me too, although I could never really get how to focus the viewers on one particular thing in a crowd, so I've been trying to work on that.
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
A great capture of the rhythms of time spent at the airport, waiting...
1 Oct 2007 10:24am
Rabbit from Richmond, United States
I feel like i'm getting ready to walk up and ask her the time, since i see shes wearing a fab watch.
1 Oct 2007 2:28pm
@Rabbit: Haha, yeah, that was the first thing that caught my eye. How... shiny everything was. :)
Shuva from Hyderabad, India
Looks like she is gonna bash out that guy who just placed his bag where she was just sitting. :-)
1 Oct 2007 3:13pm
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
whoaaaa, check out that bling!! brilliant capture indeed, e.!! :)
1 Oct 2007 9:52pm
bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Hey e.--superb take on this theme--excellent p.o.v.--really different--well done--billy
1 Oct 2007 10:07pm
@bronzebilly u.k.: Thank you for your compliment. :)
Lost Valley View from Kamloops, Canada
Ahhh yes I recognize the airport well.....wonderful and I was thinking about taking images there too...
1 Oct 2007 10:36pm
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
I agree with Rags, you can see it in their face.
1 Oct 2007 11:12pm
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