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I’ll Kiss You If You Jump!

Posted on December 15, 2017

A girl shouts to a boy “I’ll kiss you if you jump!” at the Redondo Beach Pier.   The fearful boy jumps.  The girl leaves with another boy, and he is forever changed from the experience.

Image of a girl in a bikini leaning up against a railing at the Redondo Beach Pier.

Image of a boy jumping off of the Redondo Beach pier into the ocean below.

 

This image was made at Redondo Beach Pier using a 35mm Kodak Retina 3C camera that was loaned to me by a former student. The camera originally belonged to his grandfather and is the German version of this historic camera.

Camera: 1957-60 Kodak Retina III C
Redondo Beach, California  June, 2014

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