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Stoop beauty parlor.# 2.img633, with story

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In the inner city of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, this image of grooming between friends never seems to get recorded.  It was my good luck to stumble across them, while driving through their neighborhood.  I let them know where I was and what I was doing, as I took a series of images, with their acceptance.

This one was the last image taken, as it allowed the affection between the two to show on my film exposure, what I had been hoping for, but never directed.  After I scanned this negative, I noticed the wedding ring on her left hand, which I presume means they were a committed couple.

Taken with my Hasselblad 500C with a Zeiss 80mm F2.8 Planar, on Kodak Tri-X panchromatic film, in the mid 1970s.

For those few who follow my gallery, this the final image from the series taken and posted March 11 of 2015, "Stoop beauty parlor. image 419".  That was the day my Epson scanner gave up, while leaving me these 3 images from the roll unfinished.

Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.

eugene spiegel

An interesting observation...Both images, done months apart without viewing either, have remarkable similar cropping, tones, and consistency. 
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GodInEverything's avatar
Well, since they're married, this is sweet.
I'm sure some people think this is 'racist' (because of their color along with you saying grooming) but really I think this is a great picture, and you're a great photographer.