
On the surface, this is just a badly-taken portrait with the feet cut off, the subject in the centre and a slightly jaunty angle, but it has echoes of greatness and I'm reminded of the work of Richard Billingham.
I'm also struck by the marked contrast with another photo I found, from over a century earlier:

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I think it likely that the awkwardly seated man is looking at a television screen.
The facial expression is interesting: part disgust, part confusion (to me, at least)--and a keen loneliness.
The loneliness seems apparent in the second photo as well.
Great find.
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