From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound
The shutter clicks over the hiss of a passing bus while Monica’s "Angel of Mine" drifts from a nearby storefront, blending with the rhythmic thud of a construction crew. I’m framing a kid in an oversized windbreaker clutching a holographic Charizard card like it’s gold, his eyes fixed on the neon signs of the local theater showing *8mm*. I duck into the station to refill my tank, scowling at the pump as it hits $1.15; gas prices are creeping up, but seeing another Ali—Laila—hitting the headlines on the newsstand makes the world feel electric. I nail a candid shot of a businessman shouting into a clunky new BlackBerry and whisper "boo-ya" to the cold February air, knowing I captured the perfect jagged edge of the millennium.