Suspended moments – Transient encounters – Odd matches – Playful tricks of chance – Space as an elusive canvas: Street photography, i.e. “walking for (s)miles”

«Street photography» covers a vast field of subjects and approaches. Basically, it is the photographic result of a person strolling through a city, with an open mind and a camera, ready to capture the unexpected. In an open space, the flow of life and chance regularly display ‘visual dots’, mostly for a very brief moment!, that a photographer “just” needs to connect to create an unexpected, interesting composition. Most people don’t have the mental predisposition to perceive these sudden visual dots in a split of a second (and frankly, they just don’t care), but most street photographers do. Some were given this skill (or this curse?) in abundance, that’s why we know them as masters of their trade: Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Vivian Maier, Meyerowitz etc. Humour can be an important part of this approach, but not necessarily the only one. However, this aspect is usually the most sought after in street photography, so it is in mine.
Street photography is fascinating, but time-consuming. I wish I had more time to chase these “visual dots”, but on certain occasions, I was patient and lucky enough to draw a few ‘connecting lines’ with my camera.
(Some of these pictures are very old, made on film, and were recently scanned. So please, disregard the technical imperfections).