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Skin in the Game: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 1:29pm.
July 1942. Washington, D.C. "Sunday swimmers at the municipal pool." These girls are all about the comics. So where's Superman? Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Closer than you think
Submitted by Born40YearsTooLate on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 12:04pm.
Where's Superman? Why, he's lying right next to them.
Nervous
Submitted by Judles on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 11:47am.
Is what I'd be laying face first in front of that huge "faucet" like the man on the left. I mean, what if?
Lookout
Submitted by Hillary on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 11:44am.
I thought at first the soldier and the woman with the handbag in the background were standing on top of a shed, but now I see they must be on a balcony attached to the building. Love the juxtaposition between those two, looking away from each other, with the girls in the foreground facing each other - excellent composition.
120 or 620 roll?
Submitted by MikeK on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 3:19pm.
The gal behind the fence is holding a nice twin lens reflex. Not the detail I would have focused on in younger years!
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