I was in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, mostly to visit galleries and see if I can find any suitable venues for my photographs, but I could not help myself from bringing the camera along and doing some street photography.
I normally do not photograph homeless people who live on the streets as I think it is over-done, exploitative. But a moment came by as I walked down one of the streets near Market and Geary. There was some construction that occluded the sidewalk and a wooden walkway-bypass had been built for pedestrians. This homeless woman and her dog had found a place there, in a corner out of the wind, to warm themselves in the sun for a bit and take a rest. I found her expression, half-asleep with the dog at her feet in the harsh light, somehow very human, very moving and emotive, primitive in its simplicity. I made several exposures and, even though this isn't the sharpest of them, it is the one that captured what I felt in seeing her there. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/22.htm She awakened just after I made this photo and saw me sitting on a box across from her, drinking a sip of water, camera in hand. We talked for a few moments, and I gave her one of the bottles of water I had in my bag. She told me that she had grown up in San Francisco and returned here several years ago. "It's a hard place now, it was softer then." Comments, critique always appreciated. best, Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
