New York Magazine has an excellent essay on the subject of whether or not we ever really leave High School. Its a topic of great interest to most of us, but may be slightly misdirected, as it seems that so many of our peers have the emotional maturity of someone stuck in Jr. High School, not High School.
But nevertheless, its an interesting article and it can be found here.
But the real reason I am mentioning it is because I thought that they introduced their article with a truly great picture.
Does the "Happy Face" button and haircuts identify the year of the original photograph?
Notice the attention to detail. They are wearing very similar clothes, if not identical ones, and are trying to duplicate their facial expressions, slumping body positions, the sense of a group of friends on the loose in New York City (presumably), etc. Its the same t-shirt that the guy 2nd from the left is wearing, or an amazing replica. Notice the vacant grin on the guy sitting down. Its beautiful.
What makes it great is not the technique: the goal of the technique was to duplicate the cheesy feel of the original. Technique is important in anything, but it is not the only thing. These pictures could be out of focus and they would still be great.
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