Tag: candid

Self-Reporting

Two women taking photos in a busy urban environment, with one smiling and holding a smartphone, while the other captures an image with a handheld camera.
Times Square, New York

Seems like if you don’t photograph yourself somewhere, then the place, or maybe you, don’t exist. Almost everyone I saw in Times Square was busy photographing or videoing themselves, so they could prove to their followers that they’d been.

Foule

Buckingham Palace, London

We took the train into Victoria, then made the mistake of walking to the National Gallery past Buckingham Palace just as the changing of the guard was set to begin. We were penned in and were allowed to go neither forward nor backward for about 20 minutes, stuck in a crowd of tourists with volunteers warning of pickpockets. But, of course, nothing can be said to have happened unless it’s been captured on a phone.

Photo London

Two visitors in an art gallery observing framed photographs on the wall, one featuring a couple walking through smoke.
Olympia, London

I went to Photo London this year at the new location at Olympia. And I happened upon Joel Meyerowitz showing his work.

Aerial view of a busy art exhibition with visitors exploring various art pieces displayed in white-walled booths.
A panoramic view of a crowded exhibition space with people engaging in conversation, browsing tables filled with books and other items, and displaying art on the walls.

I created panorama of the photobook area with 4 or 5 images and captured the woman in the black jacket on the right in 2 frames, breaking photography’s claim to capture a moment in time.