Bombay, 2008, near Victoria Terminus Possibly 2008 - 2014

Leo Rubinfien took this photo, "Bombay, 2008, near Victoria Terminus", sometime in 2008, and he did it with light, shadow, and a whole lot of feeling. The greyscale is like a mood ring, right? It takes the emotional temperature of the scene. The texture in this image is so rich, almost tangible. The man’s skin, the rough wall, the plastic packets – each has a different story to tell about how light bounces off it. Check out the way his shirt wrinkles, each fold a tiny map of his day. It's fascinating. Rubinfien shares a bit of Diane Arbus's eye for the everyday and the extraordinary. But where Arbus might lean into the surreal, Rubinfien finds the real beauty in the grit. Both artists help us see the world a little differently, maybe a little more honestly. It's all about seeing, feeling, and then seeing again.