Chris Bennett
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A little mini-project that I set for myself: Street portraits of people and their headgear, shot in Lancaster, circa July 2022.
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Hats of Lancaster
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Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Very good, Chris. The lads look relaxed, which speaks volumes for your, ahem, bedside manner.
Chris Bennett
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Ha! Thanks Rob.
Still pleased with the results of using Rodinal with this lovely ORWO UN54 film.
Chris Bennett
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Chris Bennett
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...and a rather more candid one.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Love the last one, but the others are good too.
Brian Moore
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Very interesting concept for a project Chris. I can imagine that last picture being used 2 0r 300 years from now to portray "traditional Lancastrian peasant headwear." It's a classic! 
Dave Farnes
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What a fun project. All very good, the hats all suggest something of the character of the people wearing them.
Chris Bennett
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Chris Bennett
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I'll round this up with a couple of candid shots.
Dave Farnes
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I think I spot a dedicated festival-goer in there!
Some more fine shots.
Some more fine shots.
Chris Bennett
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Thanks Dave
Pete Askew
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What a great idea, and a super set of images - I do like a hat (and probably have way too many!). I love that candid one of the young woman with her carrier bag cloche! And was the pointy add-on to the lady in the beanie (eating chips) intentional?
Chris Bennett
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Thanks, Pete.
The lady with the carrier bag spotted me just a moment after I hit the shutter and burst out laughing. We had a chuckle and a chat and I sent her a copy the next day, after developing. The hat annex, is something I hadn't spotted before. Now I can't not see it!
By the way, not chips but a crepe.
