There is Magic in the Air
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There is Magic in the Air
From the Street Photography Picture Vault
For months, I’ve been sharing with you my collage work but rarely my street photography images. I’ve always had the intention to do it. However, it takes considerable time and effort to sift through thousands including the bad ones with missed moments and technical issues. I did find a few gems in there that I overlooked in my initial edit. Coming back to these pictures after much time has passed often gives me a fresh perspective. That’s partly the reason I hesitate to delete and edit ruthlessly. When I’m too close, I become overly critical and emotional.
Air is the common thread running through these photos. Kites soar in the air as two kids race down the hill. Balloons float from the air pumped by helium tanks. Pinwheels turn from their wind-driven mechanism. Bubbles form by blowing air through soapy film. And, cotton candy has a light and airy texture resembling delicate clouds.
What do you think?
As always, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. Let me know if you enjoyed this themed series. I am ruminating whether to make it a regular feature every month to balance it out with my collage work.
See you all next Sunday!
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There is Magic in the Air
Strong set of street images Stella and, as someone whose insta feed also has a mix of collage and street work (@ftwentytwo), I would love to see more of your street work. Would be interesting to further explore the links between 'street' work and collage - certainly, as you say, both benefit from time to 'marinate' and view with fresh eyes prior to posting (or deleting!). I ask the same question of my street work as my collage - looks nice but does it actually say anything new beyond a random selection of people on the street / a random set of collaged images, aesthetically pleasing perhaps but each lacking in a decisive moment. A collage 'of' nice images, a photograph 'of' people on the street neither of which says anything new 'about' those things.
Stella, I love these! I kept coming back to the staircase one... and realised on my third look at it that it ISN'T a staircase, but a mural OF one - goodness me, you caught the people at exactly the right moment to convince me that they were about to climb it. Awesome!
I love them all, but aside from the staircase one my other two favourites are the boy in the bubble and orange balloon meets orange-dressed lady. I don't write fiction but gosh, these are super writing prompts... you might have even tempted me to dip a toe into THAT water...! 👀