The Fountain Problem

Does Stanford chlorinate its fountains because people swim in them, or do people swim in them because Stanford chlorinates them?

While you're thinking about that, here's two things to look at. Click to view larger:

1. "Newports"

I shot this somewhere around Oak and Divisidero (probably further West on Oak by a few blocks) downtown. Black-and-white film, scanned, colorized in Photoshop. She could be the Menthol covergirl.

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2. "The American"

This isn't mine; I found it on the internet. Despite my distaste for posed photography generally, I think this is well-done. Photographing fire is difficult because flames are hard to focus on given that they have low contrast and no consistent polarization. Flames don't reflect light (much) so you can't photograph them with flash- you have to use long exposures, which you can't usually use with people because people can't hold still. Somehow, someone pulled this frame off without focus/blur/exposure/homeland security problems. My guess is that this was shot wide-angle.

Peas out y'all.