While taking a break from capturing medical students on a mission in India, I stumbled upon a street barber in the middle of a customer’s shave.
A single frame: Why and how I captured this shot
The image was of an homage of sorts.
Before this India project, I had just spent a few days hanging out with award winning photojournalist Mark Hertzberg in Racine, Wisconsin. I was working on a video for Behind the Viewfinder – A Year in the Life of Photojournalism, and I took some photos of him as he went about his daily assignments.
On this street in India, I had this idea to make a little tribute to him. You see, I remembered Mark taking a photo of a local barber who was closing down his decades-old shop.
I actually made this frame to send on to Mark, and when I saw it, it became one of my personal favorites.
35mm film Canon A-1