Believe it or not this is my most frequently ‘bought’ stock image and not really my subject matter at all. I took it literally as a snap while waiting to see the bank manager – the low angle is because I had been sitting down and took this just half standing up. Maybe that is why nobody took any notice me. If I had been standing and carefully composing the shot would be very different and somebody would have glared or turned around out of curiosity. By chance there are no signs or branded logos so the shot can be used as a generic one to illustrate traditional high street banking, personal finance, the economy, and so on. The frame is full of people , no obvious empty gaps in front of a teller. It also shows both sides of the counter with a female bank clerk on the left behind the glass. As I say this was just a snap with no planning at all so I’ll have to credit it to a mixture of instinct and luck!
PS) For information the image was used in this way:
Country: Egypt
Usage: Editorial
Media: Book, print and/or e-book
Print run: up to 50,000
Placement: Inside
Image Size: 1/8 page
Start: 11 January 2016
End: 11 January 2021