August 10, 2015

Candid portrait of young rural worker

By C.E. Ryan

Snapshot of worker in field. Private Collection.

4.5″ x 6″ snapshot of young rural worker. Private Collection.

I love this candid portrait. Of course I tend to say this about every picture in my collection, but this young worker was captured on a field, his clothes tattered and his hair greasy, and I doubt it was from pomade…yet in his humanity he’s absolutely gorgeous.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 10th, 2015 at 2:58 pm and tagged with 1930s-1940s, handsome man, workers and posted in Others, Teens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 responses to “Candid portrait of young rural worker”

Linda
August 10th, 2015 at 3:37 pm

This is a great photo! I love these kinds of photos because they show people in their everyday life. This is so spontaneous :-).

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  August 11th, 2015 at 12:00 pm
  
  It is! Gritty and beautiful. It’s hard to imagine it was taken so long ago.
  
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