Here we are. 2021. Like a big jump into the unknown. Who knows what’s on the other side of the bridge?
Category: Street Photography
This is the age of selfie
Petite ceinture – November 2020
I’m perfectly aware of Wyatt’s political bias, and I must admit that I don’t share his views. Yet, this song from the early 1980s has been in my mind ever since and I can’t help thinking of this song whenever I see a selfie being made. I thought it would be slightly ironic too, to make a portrait of a selfieist (selfist?) Hopefully, this silly habit will die, one day.
They say the working class is dead, we’re all consumers now
They say that we have moved ahead – we’re all just people now
There’s people doing ‘frightfully well’ there’s others on the shelf
But never mind the second kind this is the age of self
And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand
The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand
The age of self – Robert Wyatt
The eyes of the tiger
Petite Ceinture – 14th district – November 2020
Street Art
Butte aux Cailles – Paris 13th district – November 2020
Covidized shopping
Outside a Patisserie in the 13th district of Paris – November 2020
Friday Photo Challenge On The Move
Today’s photo challenge is about motion. Two days ago (that is right before I broke two of my toes by moving my desk to the other side of the office and dumping a huge weight on my foot!) I was visiting the St Georges area around my office. As I was fidgeting with my camera here came that man on a bicycle. I just had a chance to press the shutter release button and here he was. I think the man looks like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is almost dressed like him too. Anyway he looked like a good chap and a perfect subject for today’s challenge.
The Red Coat – Vivian Style
I have just come back from a stroll around St Georges. At a time when art gallery owners are smoking a cig in the doorway of their shops. I couldn’t help taking a photo in Vivian Maier style after seeing that film last night. I tried a black and white version but I think the top one works best.