Tango - El hombre

Looks like I'm revisiting, Michel .. & that's ok; at least I'm consistent , lol.. My eye kept glancing to the gold cravat .. & his marvelous hat; this is a GQ Tango centre spread! ;))

GREAT picture...amazing in all ways..My Fav. again...:)

Yes it was very enjoyable to read, and I never thought his hat would be so inspiring to dive into history :-) He is the guy who is on all of my tango images and this couple was defenitely the best I had seen perform over there. They just do it everywhere in cafes and on their terraces. This one was shot in a theatre restaurant. The photographers were allowed to sit and eat at the front table...lol...thanks Maggie for your exploring efforts !

Michel, your photographs are always so great. The handsome mystery man with his eyes in shadow! This one actually sent me on a short, little research mission. The reason for this was the dichotomy of the fancy jacket and silk scarf and that old ragged hat. I will admit, I knew nothing really about Tango, except it was a pretty sexy and wild dance but every time I'd seen it, (on TV) both partners were dressed up quite fancy. So what was going on with that old hat that no longer had it's ribbon and looked like someone had kicked it down a street a few times? What I found, and you may already know is that the Tango was created by the poor and underprivileged. I think the hat is a nod to those people. I also learned, just in case someone reads this and finds it interesting, that Argentina advertised for men to come to work there to help build the railroads. So many men, so few women, the place for entertainment were the brothels. Since there was so few women, men had to wait their turn, so the brothels hired Tango musicians to entertain them and the men would practice their dancing with other men while waiting their turn. They hoped to become good enough dancers since the only way to get close to a women that wasn't a prostitute back then was to dance with them, so they had to be good because the ladies could take the pick of the crop. Wow, that was long but I hope you or others find it enjoyable to learn! Thanks for sharing this! :-) Fabulous as always, Maggie

Love this shot Michel, especially the colors.

Thanks a lot Clara !!

Great! ^.^

I like this picture very much; a masterpiece of composition, lighting, edition and atmosphere....very evocative

Thank you so very much Marie-Claire !

Very classy and mysterious portrait!!!!

Great work! LF

Love this! ... he's So Elegant! .. that gold tie lights the image perfectly ; perfect tones .. & the slash of shadow across his features : mysterious,compelling .. {& *ahem* nicely Masculine} :)))

Fabulous light and dark contrasts. Hot hot. ;-))

Revisit ... it does last in mind... a hunted piece indeed ...v/f/l

Love the lighting of this dramatic image!

Haha...:))

Hot!!