Business As Usual

In a quaint section of town, this particular slice of Friday afternoon in New York was stagnant and still confined within the acceptable list of social graces to conduct business from the park before ending the work day. Spectators perched on heavy wrought iron chairs and while leaning from cafe tables, peered over a book or chess game to see what latest fan fare was strolling by. One older woman sat with her face almost as poised as the auburn colored cotton-candy perm atop her head and stared into the sidewalk. When the gentleman infront of her finished his phone call, simultaneously to the second he'd gotten up to leave, another woman bee-lined towards him to take his seat.   

I'm on a new self assignment to photograph more people. Hopefully, many shots will be "blog worthy" enough for you to meet their faces. Typically, this is not a subject that I enjoy photographing and so begins the challenge. 

Transience

Recently, someone asked about what makes a marketable photo. There are countless opinions on this from writers like Ron Engh (who is great!), and my two-cents is that the importance comes from an element that draws in the viewer or strikes a different mood. While my last post referenced the 'non-passerby', I like this shot because it singles-in on the commonly 'passed-by.'

It's likely that this stationed musician sees a representation of three-quarters of the New York populous by just sitting in his chair each day. There's an interesting concept here, the notion of seeing everything by going nowhere, and I thought its irony would be most appreciated with a dramatic black and white overlay.