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‘A gust of wind blowing back her hair added something special’: Mark McEvoy’s best phone picture
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It was very cold and the young smoker was barelegged, barefoot and wearing a fur coat … How could the photographer resist? This Margate shop is now an ice-cream parlour, but back in 2014 it was a vintage clothes store. Mark McEvoy, who had relocated from London the previous year
It was very cold and the young smoker was barelegged, barefoot and wearing a fur coat … How could the photographer resist? This Margate shop is now an ice-cream parlour, but back in 2014 it was a vintage clothes store. Mark McEvoy, who had relocated from London the previous year with his partner and baby daughter, approached the young woman to ask permission to take this shot.
“I remember it being a very cold October day, so I was surprised she was barelegged and barefoot,” he says. “My guess is that she was working in the shop, or maybe a friend of someone working there. The fur coat may even have been for sale inside, just something she put on to keep warm during a cigarette break.” Continue reading...
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