Sometimes a print just doesn’t make it to the Crowded Gallery, no matter how much I like it. Sometimes, I just like a print because I liked being there at that point in time. Irrespective of what the final image comes out like, I will always like it. That is the case with this photograph.
I guess I liked it because it was taken on my thirtieth birthday a few years back (ok, 6 years ago). I had been on a short visit of about four days, and had just spent the morning of my 30th getting lost in the back streets of the capital, Vilnius. I stopped off at a cafe (mainly serving either coffee or vodka) and took this photo of a woman deep in prayer. It literally was taken by candle light using a rangefinder camera - and the final print is very grainy.
