Photos by: <a href=””>Sterling Davis
What do all these hand signals and gestures mean? Anytime there is a photo taken with people under 30 years of age, they are inevitably doing something with their fingers. You almost never see “cool” people with their hands folded modestly behind their back, or just hanging by the sides. Instead, the yo-finga-in-da-lens is how all the dudes pose.
Was it once considered vulgar or obscene to do this? I remember a quaint time, not long ago, when young people walking down the street didn’t have half their ass crack showing, when they didn’t saunter with their hands on their crotch. Tongues were not stuck out, women walked in front of men when they entered or exited a restaurant, and drivers stopped at red lights.
In 1963, film audiences were shocked in “The Birds” when Tippi Hedren yelled at Rod Taylor “I think you’re a louse!”, acccording to author Camille Paglia. But we’ve “progressed” since then…
Here in Van Nuys 