Look at this face

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:17 pm

I came across this in the course of my work and was so taken with the face--and the worlds of experience behind it--that I wanted to share it here.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewis ... 13_24.html

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anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:22 pm

Photos can never give us the knowledge of the person, but they can sure stir emotions... and the more you know and can empathize with people, the more you will see in the still capture of their visage... especially old folk. Venerable age usually carries so much depth of experience and feeling. This one is indeed riveting.

Anstapa · Post by **Anstapa** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:23 pm

Sereneness is the only word that I can think of at this quick moment, looking at the photograph and it doesn't even begin to tell the story of her life that brought her to that instance of the taking of her photograph.

I can see why you were taken by the photograph, thank you for posting it.

Anstapa

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:40 pm

Anstapa wrote:Sereneness is the only word that I can think of at this quick moment, looking at the photograph and it doesn't even begin to tell the story of her life that brought her to that instance of the taking of her photograph.

I can see why you were taken by the photograph, thank you for posting it.

Anstapa

Her?

National Geographic wrote:Photograph of Klickitat man ...

Thanks for the link, carrie. It is, indeed, a striking photograph.

Anstapa · Post by **Anstapa** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:45 pm

Her? I apologize it does state a Klickitat man but if you hide the description and just look at the photograph as I did, it would be hard to tell the gender of the person being photographed.

Anstapa

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:46 pm

I lived in the arid southwest for thirty years. I saw that a lifetime of sun exposure coupled with low humidity takes its toll on the skin regardless of your ethnic origin. Weatherbeaten faces of the elderly are not uncommon. It is hard for me to read the emotion on the man's face in the photograph. At the bare minimum I can say that it is an authentic face, one that projects a certain serenity that old folks from all cultures often portray.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:53 pm

Doug_Tipple wrote:It is hard for me to read the emotion on the man's face in the photograph.

That's exactly what I thought. When I saw that face the first impression I got was, "Stoned again."

djm

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:50 pm

djm wrote:
Doug_Tipple wrote:It is hard for me to read the emotion on the man's face in the photograph.
That's exactly what I thought. When I saw that face the first impression I got was, "Stoned again."

djm

Funny... I got something completely different. But this is the wrong forum for that discussion.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:09 pm

I saw it and the first thing that came to mind was - "sad", then I immediately changed my impression to "wisdom that comes from experience" - that's what I see - great photo.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:48 am

charles bronson?

Key_of_D · Post by **Key_of_D** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:27 am

I'd have to go with a negative on the above post...

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:04 am

The Klickitat man has such a remarkable face and I think, too, that the photograph of the face was done so well, the way the light falls, etc. It really is a stunning portrait.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:40 pm

i totally loved the picture. that's a face that isn't going to show surprise anytime soon.

Rod Sprague · Post by **Rod Sprague** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:41 pm

I was looking at some of the pictures of neighboring tribes and came across this;
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewis ... 13_26.html

This has some personal meaning for me. I lived on the Palouse, in Moscow Idaho for most of my life. The rolling hills are almost ideal for dry land wheat production. There are no significant areas still in the native vegetation, just fragments that contain a bit of the native life, including my old friend the giant Palouse earthworm; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Palouse_earthworm (I saw two in one day in my church compost heap, but I didn’t document it!). My dad was present on an archaeological dig at the confluence of the Palouse and Snake Rivers when a Jefferson Peace Medal was found, one of the very medals given out by Lewis and Clark. Palouse means “it sticks into the water” as there is a rock formation that looks like Beaver or Coyote pulling their canoe out of the water where the Palouse and Snake meet. The Palouse Indians are technically extinct, but there are people who can claim more than 50% Palouse ancestry. My dad the anthropologist has strong connections with the Nez Pierce Indians, close relatives of the Palouse, as he was a trusted intermediary between them and his fellow whites.