From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound
The slush beneath my boots churns with the metallic rattle of the trolley, but all I hear is a newsboy shouting about German raiders dropping fire on a girls' school. I stand outside the garage, fumbling with my camera to catch a snapshot of a woman in a heavy wool coat, her face pale as she watches the pump tick up to **$0.15** a gallon. There is no time for the movies tonight while the air feels this brittle and the headline ink is still wet. I pivot toward the corner, the new electric streetlights flickering to life with a sharp hum that cuts right through the mournful whistling of "Poor Butterfly" coming from a distant storefront.