At first glance this just looks like a man standing next to a tree. But when you look at his feet, you realize that he's about 5 inches away from it. When I walked by him he was just about hugging the tree.
Street shooting photography for the most part is very subtle. The people in the frame are unaware and discreet from others around, so the photo's require some time to look at.
















Worcester is a huge town, but I was always a little reluctant to call it a city. It's not because Worcester has no skyscrapers, but because the people are so sparse during the day. When walking downtown, there is never huge crowds or the need to swerve-walk around people. Worcester is undeniably a quiet and humble place, but at the same time it has a very lonely feel. The huge plazas and mulitple parking lots seem to give people excuses to keep distant from one another.
In many of my street photos I try to frame the space and between pedestrians. This photo is trying to do the same thing. If you look to the left of the frame you'll notice three friends interacting, which i think compliments the loner to right fairly well.

Street Shooting

These people always stand by Sunset Mart what seems like everyday, watching every small incident that happens in front of them. All three of them are intently looking over at the same thing, finally getting what they have been waiting for. They enjoy the aesthetics of life so much, they should take up photography.

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Each New York City neighborhood has their own unique demographics. This photo was taken in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a neighborhood that has been stereotyped by TV as having a community of white middle-class cynics.
This man that I photographed, which I thought I did discreetly, was noticeably unhappy that I decided to do so. But it's not his anger that I found interesting, but the man himself. I find him to be a perfect depiction of the Upper West Side stereotype described before. A balding, plump, reading the paper, wearing a blue windbreaker, and upset with the world around him. He could've been the understudy for Jason Alexander.






This young man used to be my roommate last year. Many would call this pose feminine, but I look at his body language as vulnerable. Not because he is in a compromising position if he were to be attacked, but the look on his face as well as his body position portrays an emotional vulnerability as well. It looks as if he is hanging off every word that the man at the desk is saying, making it almost romantic.
What makes this funny is that I would describe my ex-roommate as anything but romantic and vulnerable. But that's why I love photographing people so much, because you are able to capture these ironic moments.