Matt

Essex St subway, NYC.

This picture isn't part of a series, exactly, but it's one of many portraits I make of strangers, many of whom I encounter on the NYC subway. I never take more than 4 or 5 frames of any of these subjects (I took two of Matt), and the pictures are always made with their permission and involvement. I don't tend to move them far from where I find them, so I make what I can out of the background and the ambient light that's already there (no strobes). This one was taken on my way home last night, around midnight.

You can click here to see all of my blog posts tagged with 'street photography', which includes other portraits I've taken of strangers on the subway, amongst other things.



·· listening to 'Mezzanine' by Massive Attack
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West Bank, Palestine

Just back from a trip to Israel & Palestine. These boys are from a village near Beit Hanina, in the West Bank. Behind them is the 'separation barrier' built by the Israeli government. The barrier cuts their village, and nearby Ramallah, off from neighbouring Jerusalem.



·· listening to 'Lisbon' by The Walkmen
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Samir

Cairo, Egypt.

Last weekend was spent in Cairo for my sister's wedding - what little spare time I had I spent in the Old City where I met this guy, Samir. This picture shows him in his shop where he sews and repairs sewing machines (I think).



·· listening to Louis Armstrong
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David Trimble

Brooklyn, New York.

David (amongst other things, cyclist, photographer and organizer of the famed Red Hook Criterium race) was kind enough to help me out with a recent project, so this portrait was done by way of thanks, I guess. More to come soon(ish) from me about the Red Hook Crit.

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·· listening to 'Open Season' by Feist
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Maya

Rabat, Morocco.



·· listening to 'Makin' Dollas' by DTMD

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Atlas Mountains, Morocco

This guy is also a Moroccan Berber, like the woman in the previous post. When I met him he was herding camels but he gave me time to get a couple of frames.

·· listening to Billie Holiday & Lester Young

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Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Sadly she didn't give me her name, but this is a Berber woman with a traditional tattoo on her chin and the picture was taken at the foot of the Atlas mountains in Morocco. Click on the image to see it bigger.

·· listening to 'Ratatat' by Ratatat


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Bélage

Rabat, Morocco.



Bélage hangs around outside the tomb of King Hassan (in the background here) in Morocco's capital, Rabat, and takes polaroids of tourists and sells them to the subjects. As we were making this picture, the guards were getting more and more agitated until they called the whole thing off - I only got about 4 frames - but Belage was game for it and was following my lead in good spirit despite the argument we were obviously causing... We exchanged few words but I liked him a lot.

·· listening to 'Kaputt' by Destroyer

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Sundal Roy

Photographed in SoHo, New York.

This'll more than likely be my last post until sometime in January; between now and then I'm travelling for a month and then moving house... Interesting projects in the pipeline - stay tuned for new things in 2012!

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·· listening to 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' by Serge Gainsbourg

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Ruben

West 4th Subway, NYC.



·· listening to 'Love What Happened Here' by James Blake

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