The Art of photography

^NTONINKRATOCHVILBenares,India. 1978

Strollingalong[heembankmentoftheRiverGanges

attwilight,AntoninKratochvilwaspassingtwoboys

tossingrocksateachotherwhenhecaughta

glimpseofanoldmanapproachinghimfrombehind

Topreservetheshadowy,mysterious,not-yet-fully-

focusedimpressionoftheactualincident,he

snappedthescenewithoutpausingtoraisethe

viewfinder

to

his

eye.

thepicture

retainsaqualityof

beingseenoutofthecorneroftheeye