This figure judging shire horses is closer to a rückenfigur than sone other rear view pictures I’ve posted. He’s not exactly a ‘halted traveller’ and he’s not contemplating the infinite, but, like a true rückenfigur, he knits together near and far in the picture and can represent an anonymous, universal figure looking at the world with a critical eye.
Photo: Soham Carnival, May 1989