From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile
The cold morning air bites through my heavy wool pea coat as I frame a shot of a teenager clutching a plush Zhu Zhu Pet, its synthetic fur matted against the damp polyester of her hoodie. I pause to squint at a sidewalk newsstand where the headline **Snowy Slopes, Within Easy Reach** mocks us city dwellers trapped in this gray, slushy scene of wet pavement and exhaust. My fingers ache against the chilled plastic of my camera body, the tactile grit of the winter grime coating everything in sight. I check my digital display, watching the grainy pixels capture a man in a stiff, north-face puffer jacket fumbling with his new touchscreen phone as Lady Gaga’s synth-pop thumps from a passing sedan.