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Back in the 1970s and even earlier, there was an unwritten karmic law, that if you hitched a ride, you should repay the favor to others. Some travelers would hold a sign, but in this case it was the tall hat I noticed, even outrageous for that time period.

These two young men had gotten a lift from me, in my 1958 VW microbus, and now we were parting ways, each in our own direction. I had wanted to include the highway atmosphere in this documentary portrait so I had left the edge of the car on the right and a highway pole barely visible on the left edge. We were all in high spirits and I was glad to help and they were glad to be helped. Life was different then.

As was, and is my style, I handed the camera to them to take a photo of me. Fair is fair. If someone asks I will post it.

Taken with my Leica M2 with a 50mm F2.0 Summicron on Kodak Tri-X panchromatic black and white film in the early 1970s.

Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.

eugene spiegel

Description
Back in the 1970s and even earlier, there was an unwritten karmic law, that if you hitched a ride, you should repay the favor to others. Some travelers would hold a sign, but in this case it was the tall hat I noticed, even outrageous for that time period.

These two young men had gotten a lift from me, in my 1958 VW microbus, and now we were parting ways, each in our own direction. I had wanted to include the highway atmosphere in this documentary portrait so I had left the edge of the car on the right and a highway pole barely visible on the left edge. We were all in high spirits and I was glad to help and they were glad to be helped. Life was different then.

As was, and is my style, I handed the camera to them to take a photo of me. Fair is fair. If someone asks I will post it.

Taken with my Leica M2 with a 50mm F2.0 Summicron on Kodak Tri-X panchromatic black and white film in the early 1970s.

Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.

eugene spiegel