From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight
The morning mist clings to the wool overcoats of men scurrying past my lens, their shadows long against the damp cobblestones of the shipping yards. I catch a silhouette of a woman in a heavy velvet suit, clutching a newsprint sheet that screams SPIES ASK PLACES IN SECRET SERVICE; Trail of Man Supposed to be in German Pay Led to Arrest of Kuhn and von Seebeck. SUSPECTS IN THE ARMY Thirty-five Germans Arrested Here for Spying on Shipping and Shipbuilding Yards. Man of Valuable Parts. SPIES ASK PLACES IN SECRET SERVICE. I adjust the shutter, capturing the flick of a match against a brick wall as the city breathes in the tension of the Great War. It is a time for deeds not words, and every flash of my bulb preserves the suspicious glances and the sharp, military lines of a world on the brink.