People looking at things, people doing things, people taking pictures of things. I really like taking pictures in those moments. And here was really something to look at - American Gothic by Grant Wood in the Chicago Art Institute. A very iconic painting with a high recognition value, most people that have a rudimental interested in art know this one. It was a lot of fun to look at the people coming through the room in anticipation of this museum highlight (one of many). Although the setting was quite different, the situation reminded me of the C/O Berlin exhibition I went to last fall, where there was a lot of interaction between the visitors. There I saw someone taking a picture of others looking at a photograph, I was far away, far from being intrusive, and I snapped it. I always feel uncomfortable when taking pictures of others. Keeping the distance, being in the background using appropriate equipment is the way I solve the problem. The visitors shown here weren´t aware of me taking pictures of them. A very nice feature of the camera I used is the stealth mode, the camera operates absolutely silent, no beeps, no lens whirring, no shutter clickety-clack. That way not only my motif is unaware of what´s going on, but I as the observer have a better way of going about this without a big fuss.

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