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People in front of a Heidelberg candy shop.
Today we’re back in Heidelberg with a photograph from a visit about eight years ago. There’s a lot to draw tourists to Heidelberg and, in fact, the Altstadt has a jam-packed main street and the nearby castle attracts crowds. On crowded days it is still possible to escape the biggest hordes by moving a few blocks away, and that’s where I photographed this shop. (No, I never did get to go inside. Next time!)
I cannot quite articulate why I’m attracted to scenes like this one, with people spread across the full width of this impromptu stage. I’m fascinated by the arrangement of the people and also by the details the emerge when I look more closely: the interactions among the people in the group at the right, the person about to open the door to the shop, and face hidden behind the cyclist.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
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