A New Leaf: Starting to Tend to my Blog

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.