From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile
My thumb scrolls the advance lever as a woman in a stiff, padded-shoulder power suit strides past, her heels clicking like a metronome against the slushy pavement. I capture the glint of her gold earrings, a sharp contrast to the grody pile of trash melting nearby, while a street vendor hawks loaves of white bread for a measly $0.55. The tactile snap of the shutter ring feels solid against my cold fingers, catching a group of kids huddled over a precarious, splintered tower of Jenga blocks. Their rough wool mittens fumble with the smooth wooden slats, desperate to keep the whole fragile structure from tumbling into the gutter.