From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight
The flashbulb pops, illuminating a dame in beaded silk with a fresh bob so sharp she must have spent all morning under that new-fangled electric hair dryer. She’s got a real crush on the lens, posing in her T-strap heels while a newsie bellows about the oil tank decision over the static of a KDKA broadcast drifting from a nearby window. I fumbled my plate and nicked my thumb, but a quick Band-Aid from my kit keeps the blood off my cloche-hatted subjects. Between the scent of exhaust and the rhythmic humming of "Whispering" from a passing shop, the city feels like it's finally waking up.