Waiting for the Light is street photograph. It captures the gritty realism of urban alienation on a hot summer afternoon.
Read the story on their faces. They wait for the light to change on the steamy hot summer street in Manhattan.
More summer in New York: Balloon Girl
I was lucky to get this shot. It was a mix of characters I don’t expect to see, ever again.
Clustered in a group, not one person connects with any other. Even two young women who’ve shopped together at Victoria’s Secret disconnect.
Buy this image as an 8 1/2 X 11 Inch giclee print here.
Street photography, dating back to its origins, Eugene Atget and Henri Cartier Bresson, discovered, not created. Photographers shoot hundreds of pictures before getting one that catches a uniquely expressive moment.
Bresson painted his camera black to keep his subjects from knowing they were being photographed. Poses ruin the natural moment.
In Deborah Julian’s image of New York City heat and its affect on people, the absence of poses is striking. Each subject lost in their personal discomfort.
You can see more of Deborah Julian’s street photography on her website.
What the Promenade Remembers
The light on the East River in the early morning is different from the light anywhere else on the Island. It comes in low and sideways, catching the water in long, uneven flashes. On certain days it makes the promenade feel less like a walkway and more like a corridor someone once meant to finish but never quite did. When I was younger I found the suggestion to stop and look at it faintly ridiculous.
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