Two girls jiving, Richmond Jazz Festival, 1967‘Photography involves two main distortions - the simplification into black and white and the seizing of an instant in time. It is this particular mixture of reality and unreality, and the photographer’s power to select, that makes it possible for photography to be an art. Whether it is good art depends on the power and truth of the artist’s statement.’
Roger Mayne, Peace News, 1960
I have studied a lot of Roger Mayne’s street photography and despite the brilliance in all of his images, this image has always remained my favourite. I love how it portrays such a strong sense of freedom and soul yet also concentration with such simplistic style. A keeper.
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