Thank you, George and Michael. And also thanks doubly for the "On Reading" reference. Just purchased mine from Amazon a few moments ago - will be a present for my wife, who was a Literature major. Merry holidays to both of you.
I just love this image. It comes together so well--composition, texture, black and white rendering--and has much feeling and emotion. I just purchased a book by the renouned photographer, Andre Kertesz, titled, "On Reading." The book is a classic and was published in 1971. It contains 66 photographs of people reading from around the world--"people caught in a deeply personal, yet universal, moment." I think Kertesz would have liked your image.
George Michael