From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile
The damp spring chill clings to the starch of my high collar as I position my tripod, focusing on a boy clutching a jagged piece of an Erector Set. He is lucky to have such cold, heavy steel to play with while his mother mumbles about the lousy cost of living, counting out exactly $0.06 for a single loaf of bread. I can feel the coarse wool of her shawl as she brushes past, a sharp contrast to the slick, new-fangled zipper glinting on a gentleman’s briefcase. The air smells of coal soot and rain-slicked cobblestones, capturing a city held together by rivets and sheer grit.