A shot from the hip street shot in Peterborough market, hence cutting the subjects feet off!
It is a free world I know, but it always saddens me to see young people smoking. We all have our vices, me included, but I can think of no redeeming feature for smoking.
Smoking was always portrayed as sophistication and glamour. I think nowadays youngsters see it as cool? This image does I think portray the grubby image. By that I mean the horrible smell that lingers around smokers.
Great shot. I agree. In Australia we have (I think) probably the strictest laws on smoking of any country, and they have certainly succeeded in making it a very antisocial thing to do. However as a teacher I was always catching kids down behind the trees ... they still have their reasons I guess. And their stories, like you say.
