Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from it more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum. (John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, 1989, Ch. 6)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
"NO DIVING"
This is what happens when a photographer is in the right place at the right split second with the right equipment. Outside the border of this severely cropped (unfortunately) digital scan is a sign which says, quite clearly, "No Diving." Our young hero, however, seems to be training for the Olympic Mens' 10-Meter Platform Diving event.
Photo made in September 1969 at the Currituck Ferry landing on Knotts Island, North Carolina. And so we chemically grab and hold onto the blink of an eye 40 years ago. Monochrome Forever!!
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