c.1950s

Silver gelatin print

200x250mm

Ref: 2004-87

In this unusual people study many of the subjects' faces are averted from the camera, creating more of a study in compositional structure than human form.  The sweeping line of figures draws the eye to the central figure in black, presumably the guide, creating a strangely still, yet compelling, image of a geothermal area known for excitement and great activity.