You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: Life in Motion. Portraits of Vietnamese People Riding Motorbikes

in Photography Lovers17 days ago

So many lives passing before your lens and I am sure it is interesting to watch them pass by thinkinh about their stories and moods. Looking at people reminds the diversity of life even when watched from a single spot! Great post @x-rain, and b&w edit really seems to liberated the characters...

Sort:  

Thank you!

interesting to watch

Sure. It's also a way of communicating with people and being an actor too. Like, they see you as a mysterious foreign photographer staying in the dark, and you must be this person on the stage of life - you can't be "I am just David" 😄 Anybody can stop the bike and come to you and start talking... If I have the proper mood for taking images of strangers, this process makes me excited and slightly high because street photography is also a performance you offer to strangers.

That's totally correct. Here is a saying I like:

either seem as you are or be as you seem.