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harrietsfriend — Me photographed by hitchhiker.img901, with story

Published: 2014-08-25 17:48:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1022; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 7
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Description Surprisingly I have had requests from my offer to share the photo taken, when I offered the hitchhikers the camera to document me, as I had done to them.  Fair is fair.

To place the shot realistically, I had one of the two in the background and kept enough highway visible to set the photo where the action occurred, on Interstate 75, in Ohio, USA.

I'm the short one who looks hispanic or turkish, depending on what side of the ocean you live.  My 1958 microbus camper complete with bed and curtains carried me over much of the United States of America.  I felt like Ian, the travel guide from Lonely Planet series, on BBC, who documents his travels as he goes, on the cheap, just him and the film crew staying with locals or hostel type boarding.

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

Feel free to download, just give my credit to the hitchhiker.  As always when you lend someone the camera, they will invariable place your head in the middle of the frame.  I recroped what I could to correct this.

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Comments: 16

JournalMTW [2024-12-02 19:22:08 +0000 UTC]

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Gulliver63 [2018-05-22 15:11:55 +0000 UTC]

Love this pic - even just the eyeglasses tell a lot about the authenticity of this photo. I moved out of Ohio in 72, and back in 76. Thanks for sharing.

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sakuraknight2000 [2015-07-14 02:38:41 +0000 UTC]

Maybe I should do photos like this too. 30 or 40 years from now I'll look at them and have alot of stories to tell.

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914four [2014-12-21 02:32:16 +0000 UTC]

Is this developed backwards, or is the front of the van to the camera? I noticed the word "PUSH" is seen correctly but it's unclear if it was on the inside of the glass or outside.
Gotta find me one o' them hats

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harrietsfriend In reply to 914four [2018-05-23 04:23:08 +0000 UTC]

the side doors opened on the right, passenger side of the bus, while the decal was inside the glass where It made sense.

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914four In reply to harrietsfriend [2018-08-26 04:26:41 +0000 UTC]

That makes things clearer, thanks!

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gazmanica [2014-09-13 11:54:10 +0000 UTC]

Love and Peace man!
Its your party.

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elminino [2014-09-07 18:37:10 +0000 UTC]

Groovy, man...

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prestonthecarartist [2014-08-25 20:13:29 +0000 UTC]

Very cool You have so many cool stories to tell.... Even better that you documented them so well.

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fallowfrenzy [2014-08-25 18:38:02 +0000 UTC]

I like these photographs -- they have such character. 

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TexasGirlPhotography [2014-08-25 18:35:58 +0000 UTC]

The grin on the guy in the background is so funny

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jennystokes [2014-08-25 18:33:08 +0000 UTC]

Another hat.

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pearwood [2014-08-25 18:15:31 +0000 UTC]

Quite the dapper dude there. 

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JeanneDeaux [2014-08-25 17:53:25 +0000 UTC]

Your eyes didn't change at all through the years... 

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harrietsfriend In reply to JeanneDeaux [2014-08-25 17:55:08 +0000 UTC]

interestingly I have gone back to the same style of eyeglasses as well, as per my Nikon SP portrait.

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JeanneDeaux In reply to harrietsfriend [2014-08-25 18:16:13 +0000 UTC]

Well it suits you well so that's a good choice!

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