From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound
The street corner howls with the mechanical groans of new Ford tractors and the shrill whistles of newsboys shouting about that scuffle between the German lad and the Italian envoy. I duck behind my tripod to swap a plate, barely dodging a woman in a heavy wool skirt who is shouting "deeds not words" at a passing copper. Above the din, a nearby window bellows Al Piantadosi’s anti-war tune on a scratchy gramophone, competing with the baker’s chalk sign demanding a steep **$0.06** for a single loaf. I focus my lens on a young girl clutching a pristine Raggedy Ann doll, her face frozen in silver and shadow against the soot-stained brick of a city holding its breath.