Bloomsday
There are some photographs that tell stories based on the viewer’s experiences and memories. The stories they tell are not universal but unique to the person seeing a story as it relates to their past.
This photograph puts me in the mind of Leopold Bloom in the novel Ulysses that takes place in the 1904 Dublin of James Joyce. To others it may bring up memories of other experiences or stories but for me it brings this work of grand literature to mind.
As an image I like the placement of the man in the lower left hand corner with plenty of space to move into the composition. The stone wall on the right acts as a natural frame and sets the scale for the rest of the photograph.
I would like to suggest removing the white stripes and arrows in the street as well as the sigh on the door in the wall. They are the only things in this illustration that add a modern touch to this timeless image.
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