Rest time

Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 22 October 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Taken last week on the campus of the University of New South Wales.

This sports oval is a favourite place of mine to walk past, when looking for something to photograph. Here's another one from the same place:
http://andrewgould.aminus3.com/image/2007-10-09.html

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Comments (17)

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Must have been a hard day, cracking image. Good dof

22 Oct 2008 5:53am

Emily Ng from Studying in: Adelaide, Australia | Home:, Singapore

the levitating man. well. almost, if not for the exposed pole beneath his feet. what's interesting is his clothes... most feeling napping on benches arent so well dressed ususally

22 Oct 2008 6:09am

Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

hey Andrew you captured it very well, really like the depth here and the attitude ;)

22 Oct 2008 7:14am

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

That's not a scene we would see out here! Wonderful capture.

22 Oct 2008 7:20am

timothy from Tokyo, Japan

Andrew, nice casual image. captures "nap time" quite nicely.

22 Oct 2008 7:44am

onewayphoto / Mark from London, United Kingdom

Easy life! Before I read your caption I thought maybe he was a businessman suffering from the recession — maybe just lost his job...

22 Oct 2008 8:19am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

LOL the professor is tired....lol Love it, what a catch!

22 Oct 2008 12:42pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

this is wonderful! to do this in public either means this isn't america... ;) or the person is truly bold!

22 Oct 2008 10:47pm

@dj.tigersprout: Thanks, DJ! I guess this person felt quite alright about doing this, as it's on a campus and not in the street. It's also in an area where students often sit on the grass to relax.

Les from Lincoln, United States

Nice capture. I agree with Emily -- it almost looks like he's floating!

23 Oct 2008 12:06am

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

I'm with dj. In the UK most people would frown at this, all we need is a police notice saying - No sleeping in public.

Very good candid shot Andrew.

23 Oct 2008 12:42am

@Observing: Thanks, Mike! This is on a campus in what is basically a relaxation are, so the person must have felt OK about it. This wouldn't be a common sight in the street here, though.

JJ from Jersey City, United States

wonderful capture, and i can relate to that I went for a short walk after lunch today between meetings and walked past a bench and was so tempted to adopt the same position you have captured here

23 Oct 2008 1:36am

gloria from barcelona, Spain

Genial! Saludos.

23 Oct 2008 9:46pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

That empty space of the oval beyond him fits so well . .

24 Oct 2008 8:13pm

Anthony from Bielefeld, Germany

Good candid,student or Prof. ??

25 Oct 2008 9:53am

alex centrella from California, United States

bravo !

25 Oct 2008 10:59pm

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

Ha! Great whimsical shot, Andrew!

28 Oct 2008 2:07am

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Fun shot!

30 Oct 2008 1:37am

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