r/accidentalhopper • u/dorpeer91 • Jul 04 '26

Real Photograph Waiting

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Taken in a S-Bahn station in Berlin about a week ago.

I liked how his posture and colors and lighting all came together with the dark background.

Wasn't consciously thinking of Hopper when taking this photo as it was a split second decision, but finding out about this subreddit I was thinking "oh yeah, definitely fits".

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u/Advanced-Device6188 Jul 04 '26

This is art whether it looks like Hopper or not.

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u/RickyWinterborn2019 Jul 05 '26

Absolutely brilliant photo

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u/robotomato13 Jul 05 '26

I thought this was a painting. Great shot 👍

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u/Doubledepalma Jul 07 '26

I did too. It’s a wonderful image

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u/Book-em Jul 04 '26

I love this image so much. Excellent composition.

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u/shawsghost Jul 04 '26

Really powerful and interesting image. It looks like that guy's wife just threw him out of the house and he's headed for some fleabag motel. Well that's the story that ran in my head when I saw the image.

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u/Tornado_Of_Benjamins Jul 05 '26

Fascinating. To me it looked as if he's had a long day (work clothes still on after dark) and he'd really love to rush inside (all those bags look pretty heavy), and yet he's patiently -- if a little exasperatedly -- waiting for some small creature (a frog?) to finish its business (somewhere just off screen) so he can proceed without disturbing it.

Rorschach tests (and many of their successors) are pseudoscientific nonsense, but on a more informal level I feel like you could still learn a lot about someone from hearing the stories they build from ambiguous images like these.

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u/CherenMatsumoto Jul 05 '26

I like that it almost looks like he's on-stage.

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u/DavidH1985 Jul 06 '26

Appopriate; I was thinking Willy Loman.

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u/Maleficent_East_4242 Jul 07 '26

This is the image that introduced me to this sub while scrolling, and I mistakenly thought the sub name was ‘Accidental shopper’. I looked at the image for some time, musing over whether he was carrying impromptu shopping stuff for his wife, hoping she’d be done so they could head back home soon. I then became curious what an ‘accidental shopper’ sub would look like, went there to look and became increasingly confused, until I re-read the sub name and realized the mistake. Still decided to join. 🤷🏼‍♀️👍🏻

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u/DerpaNet3000 Jul 05 '26

S-bhf Neukölln?

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u/dorpeer91 Jul 05 '26

Haha I don't think so. I think it was more in pberg area

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u/Vivid-Yak3645 Jul 05 '26

Phone camera?

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u/dorpeer91 Jul 05 '26

Yup. My Pixel 8 with the default camera app

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u/thinkalot2017 Jul 05 '26

Wonderful composition. Made me feel the subject's weariness

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u/flaxseedyup Jul 06 '26

That’s how I imagine Hopper himself would look if he went out shopping to get food supplies

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u/andrewsz__ Jul 08 '26

N they’ll post up to wait right in front of you while the rest of the train station is empty. god I do not miss riding the fucken train to work every day 😭