+CROSSROADS: 2019

A question I'm asked a lot is what is the consensus ratio for people I have never met before, agree to be taken their portrait. Well, the ratio varies depending on location, season and mood. Usually, the ratio amounts to 1:9 in my favor :)
I admit that in my first year of Crossroads photography I was disappointed with every negative answer I would get. Today I honorably accept and appreciate such an answer - without the challenge, I might lose interest in this “game".
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Iris (the woman in this photo) made sure to be a part of the balance sheet that is so important to me. Although she politely refused while acknowledging that I had turned to her and appreciated her look that attracted eyes and turned heads of all the men and women who were in the area.
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Before we continued each person to his separate ways, I had to, as the last attempt, ask if it would be possible to photograph her walking with her back to me. Her quick reply was: "As long as you don't see a face. It's all right” and immediately went on a slow, elegant walk.
I still wonder if I would've liked the frontal image more. I'll never know .. :)