Puff, New York City, New York, 2010 by Phil Douglis

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16-JUL-2010

Puff, New York City, New York, 2010

I caught this smoker exhaling a puff of smoke that fills the lower half of his face. He limits his activity to smoking a cigarette, while just behind him, two advertisements teem with incongruous activity. A man standing in the shadows at right apparently is amused – he seemed to smile at me as I made this image.

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Phil Douglis		11-Aug-2010 22:46
Great point -- both the fleeting moment depicted in the ad and the puff of smoke obscuring much of the man's face suggest an otherworldliness here, Tim.

Tim May		11-Aug-2010 17:14
The advertisement directly behind him seems to be almost ghostlike - The people in the image are in the same color as the puff of smoke - it is if his life force is leaving the smoker with each exhale.

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