From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound
The slush of mid-February grinds under the heavy wheels of a passing Ford, the wet spray nearly ruining my velvet lens cloth. I adjust my tripod as a group of suffragettes marches past the newsstand, their "votes for women" sashes striking a sharp, defiant contrast against the drab wool coats of the morning commuters. From a nearby open window, the tinny, melancholic strain of "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" drifts over the rattle of the elevated train. I capture a quick frame of a young mother clutching a limp Raggedy Ann doll, her eyes focused on a headline about the Ship Bill while the somber melody lingers in the cold, biting air.