Food Vendor
Posted byKeith GoldsteinPosted inNew York City, The TenderloinTags:#everybodystreet, #Life_On_The_Street, 28mm, color, food cart, food vendor, Manhattan, New York City, postaday, raw streets, Ricoh GR, street, street candid, street life, street photography, urban life
Published by Keith Goldstein
Photographer, husband, dad, and passionate cyclist. Lives and works in New York City. View more posts
I love how ‘up close’ you get with the people you photograph.
I agree. Do you engage with your subjects or they with you? Or is it snap the image and then leave? Just curious.
It depends upon the situation. I don’t always hide my intention. Sometimes I try to engage. More often then not it is usually after I have made the image.
Right. Because if you engaged prior, you wouldn’t get the candid everyday slice of life image.
Very true. If they notice me, I do not try to hide what I am doing, I always give some kind of compliment and a smile. Usually that takes them aback and we just go on our way. I have only have had two instances that could have lead to trouble and one of them I didn’t even photograph! The person saw my camera, grabbed my arm, and accused me of taking his picture. He was a lookout on Canal Street for someone who sold counterfeit watches. I offered to show him my pictures, but he still wouldn’t let go. Luckily there was a policeman on the corner a few yards away. I said lets have him show you. He then ran away.