Taken on 30th July, 2009 in Compuerta, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Nikon D90, Exposure 1/640s at f/8.0, Focal Length 105mm, ISO Speed 200. Show on Flickr.
A nightclub musician leaving a seedy hotel south of the Zócalo lingers on the corner, reminiscing about his sleepless night.
?This photograph, like any photograph,? Godard and Gorin point out, ?is physically mute. It talks through the mouth of the text written [beside] it.? In fact, words do speak louder than pictures. Captions do tend to override the evidence of our eyes, but no caption can permanently restrict or secure a picture's meaning.
Susan Sontag, On Photography
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