Challenge #140: No faces

The idea here is to take a photograph that includes a person or people where there are no faces shown. The amount of stress you put on the person in the frame is up to you. It could vary from a single body part to a huge landscape with a tiny person in it.

The use of anonymous people can often enhance a photograph... the viewer might be better able to identify with the anonymous figure in the photo. Likewise the story in a photograph might often be enhanced by this anonymity as the viewer is not forced to key on, as humans often are, the face of the person in the photo - rather the viewer is free to construct/reconstruct the story held in the image.

While this may not appeal to the landscape photographers among us, please consider joining in. A nice landscape with an anonymous figure remains a perfectly viable landscape and the human interest may pleasantly surprise you in terms of the impact that it can have.

Above all, have fun! Kind regards...

Challenge Starts: NOW

Challenge Ends: Tuesday, July 13th @ 7 PM server time.

The fine print....
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread, and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax camera will do or a Samsung DSLR.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.

Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68–Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh, 94 - Balance, 95 - Crop a miniature landscape, 96 - Opposing gravity, 97- Feet, 98 - Sacred Grounds, 99 - Extraordinarily Ordinary, 100-added textures, 101-still life, 102-bicycles, 103 - Broken, 104- Flowers (B&W), 105 Backlighting, 106-Water. 107-Wind, 108-Parent/Child candids, 109-Passion, 110-Events, 111-Streets, 112-The Aged, 113-Fire and Heat, 114-Nature vs. Culture, 115 - Letters or Numbers, 116 - Self-Portrait, 117 - The Tree, 118 - Minimalism, 119 - Rust, 120 - Before & After, 121 - Negative Space, 122 - Decay & Dereliction, 123 - Cold, 124 - Melancholy, 125 - The Element of Time, 126 - Public Transportation, 127 - Yin Yang, 128 - Sepia or Dual Tone, 129 - Hand Coloring, 130 - Light Trails, 131-Once in a lifetime, 132 - Moms & Motherhood, 133 - Beautiful Blur, 134 - B&W Abstract, 135 - History, 136 - In and around the kitchen, 137 - Habit, 138 - Perspective: From the Ground Up, 139- Mist/fog, 140 – No faces

Good luck to all!
Seaain

[cyy47]

I'll start. This is one taken at the World Trade Center ground zero reconstruction. Kind of retrospective/perspective meaning.

[ovim]

Already posted this on the "capture a stranger streetstyle"- thread but it fits here nicely.

I remember

[Tamia]

Really great theme, Seaain. I don't know this girl, but I was drawn to her poise and ease on her bike. She obviously loved being on two wheels.

[bbluesman]

Woe is me

[axl]

I'll play:

[Arjay Bee]

(Posted already in "Night Time is the Right Time") - Egg seller - MonKok Markets Hong Kong

[JeffJS]

Most of my people pics are faceless. Primarily because I prefer to take candid photos rather than the cheezy say cheese pose and the head typically turns before I snap the shutter. However, This one, I did on purpose. It was taken last fall at my Niece's 4th birthday party. This young lady was on the phone the entire time I was there, having an argument with her boyfriend. About what, I have no idea nor do I have any idea who she is.

For anyone who cares, K7, DA*55 (my first outing with that lens).

[casil403]

Kids, summer, water....need I say more?

[ramseybuckeye]

This was taken June 13 on a hike in the Northwest part of Yellowstone National Park

[SpecialK]

At a local park. I liked the symmetry.
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[Oldschool]

You don't need to see their faces to know what's happening....

[cyy47]

You don't need to see their faces to know what's happening....

Was this from last night's phillies game? I was right at the park!

[Oldschool]

Was this from last night's phillies game? I was right at the park!

No, it was taken in 2009.

[cyy47]

No, it was taken in 2009.

Wish it were last year though. Too many games lost so far.