I stepped out of my comfort zone today and went downtown to experiment with street photography. I definitely have a new found respect for both street photographers and life in the street in general. For anyone who hasn't given it a try, I highly recommend it. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things and was much harder than I thought it would be. This homeless and handicapped man was hard to photograph mostly from an emotional standpoint. I tried very hard to conceal the fact that I was taking a picture. The reflection of this man in the glass really caught my eye. I think it is a powerful but sad photograph.....
If you look at a photo and you feel overwhelming emotion..then the photographer has done his/her job. This is one of the best photojournalism photos I've seen so far on the 365....Brilliant. Fav
It is an amazing capture! I'm glad you and other people on this project post photo like this. I think it makes me and a lot of others here appreciate what we have. Thanks for sharing this.
Gark, this is excellent in all respects. I agree that it is powerful and sad. Your perspective and B&W fit perfectly, so well done, keep em' coming. I need to spend some time just walking around downtown and shooting photos.
Beautiful photo and an excellent example of street photography - I really want to do this myself but I always feel a bit self-conscious taking photos of people.
Street photography is much harder than you would think especially taking photographs that expose personal struggle and rawness. It takes a special type of person to manage this with dignity.
I worked down town during the 1980's then in the 90's for a while and have seen so much of this. In my past career as a public servant I saw this and worse. I always tried to imagine the positive impact from applying revenues from just one pro football game or baseball game towards helping people, I'm still imagining.....
ummmmm LOVE this...as you know most of my project is filled with shots like this...They are hard...so hard to take, but so very important so that we do not forget and we do what we can to help
This is truly beautiful and amazingly sad ... both emotions at the same time! I love this capture .. the emotion is doubled by the reflection. Awesome ... and yes, it must have been very hard to take this.
Hey way to go - Stepping out of your comfort zone and photographing someone you don't know (much easier said than done). You mentioned a while back that this is something you wanted to do so kudos to you for going for it.
This photo makes me appreciate my health, happiness and home. Great shot - a fav for me.
oh wow, how eye opening photos like this are!!! How does society let this happen? Well done for getting this shot although i understand how hard it must have been, i'm useless at shots like this! congrats on pop page too, fav'd.
Fantastic street shot. Did he notice you photographing him? I quite like streetphotography but as you said, it is very emotional and not always easy. Congrats on PP!
Such an emotional image, the B&W really brings that out too. Poor guy, hope you show him your appreciation when you see him again, even a sandwich and a friendly smile would probably make his day. fave.
I agree with the other comments here. A powerful shot, with a real message somewhere, if we can only decide whether to stand and stare or pretend not to notice ... and that's a choice the subject does not have. I enjoy occasional escapes from my comfort zone out into the real world, but am not always comfortable with having done so. We just don't know what goes on inside their minds; we should care, but at what risk (to them or ourselves) do we enquire? Absolute FAV!
I think this is stunning, don,t know how i missed it. I think not knowing what a persons reaction will be, when pointing a camera towards them is what puts the majority off. Fav.
posted April 14th, 2012
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This photo makes me appreciate my health, happiness and home. Great shot - a fav for me.