From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile
The cold morning light catches the coarse wool of a newsboy’s flat cap as he clutches a stack of papers, his numb fingers stained black with ink. Behind him, a young mother adjusts her stiff linen collar, turning her head as her son kneels on the icy pavement to snap together those new notched redwood logs. She sighs at the grocer’s window, fishing a meager $0.06 from her frayed handbag for a single loaf of sustenance. I watch her through the lens, hoping the boys in the trenches find their way back to a bit of blighty before the winter frost truly bites.