Shoes are the most important part of a person’s gesture. From a photograph of footwear it is possible to describe the wearer’s personality and economical demographics.
It has been said that you can’t judge a book by its cover but apparently you can judge a person by his or her shoes.
Shoe is a powerful indicator of the type of person the wearer is, rather than just a means to provide humanity the freedom to walk this earth.
Whenever I asked someone if I could take a photograph of their shoes they just looked at me for 10 sec minimum but usually would say OK.
I always enjoyed their strange gazes. Sometimes I wonder how people become so weird looking wearing deep red color pants with black shoes. It always makes me smile as well.
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