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.
The Line That Didn’t Land
I stood in the back of Good Shepherd Chapel on the evening of April 15, 2026, at the Steam Plant Demolition Town Hall, watching people adjust scarves and jackets before the meeting began. Benjamin Jones, President and CEO of RIOC, thanked us for attending and, without a pause, said he was “pleased to host tonight’s town hall on the city’s demolition of its steam plant.” The demolition, in other words, was not up for discussion.
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