MosheR Loc: New York City

If someone were to ask me what my favorite form of photography is, I would answer “street photography.” This is what I love to do, primarily attempting to photograph people as they go about their quotidian business. Combining this with my passion for travel, I get quite a lot of very interesting and, to my eye, exotic subjects. (I qualified the word exotic for obvious reasons, as it’s all in the eye of the beholder. In many of the places I’ve visited, I’ve been the exotic person.) I always ask permission and, if I don’t get it, no photograph. But there is one major caveat to this. Before I ask for that permission I’ve already taken quite a handful of pictures without my subject knowing. Shoot first. Apologize later. There are several tricks I employ to do this, but I’m not going to go into them now. Maybe I'll do so some time in the future in the Main Photography Discussion of this forum. If the person doesn’t assent, I delete them. It’s a sort of self deployed ethical system I’ve developed that allows me to sleep at night, even at the expense of losing what I otherwise would have considered to be a really fine set of pictures. I’m not particularly good at posing people. I’m not good at getting them to relax and be natural. So this is what I have to do.

If nothing else, any place one turns to in India is bathed in a variety of colors.




This is what I consider to be a really great face.

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Warming his hands by the fire.


A Sadhu, or Holy Man. In '60's parlance, many of them are really far out. Not this guy. I'll post some pics at another time.

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Another Sadhu. I believe that hand sign means, "Get lost, Yankee."

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Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Wonderful work.

William Loc: Mississippi

good to view your ideas@

MosheR Loc: New York City

Thank you very much.

MosheR Loc: New York City

Thanks a lot.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

MosheR Loc: New York City

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clemente21

Great pictures.
I believe the Sadhu's hand gesture is the Gyan Mudra, used to gain knowledge. I'd think he was trying to figure out your true intentions.

https://chopra.com/articles/10-powerful-mudras-and-how-to-use-them

lnl Loc: SWFL

Love this set! Great photos and especially I like the holy man. The color and expressions are wonderful.

MosheR Loc: New York City

Or maybe he wanted to know what f stop I was using.

MosheR Loc: New York City

Thank you, Ellen. I'm really getting to appreciate your perceptive comments.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great series, Moshe.

CWS Loc: El Paso, TX

Great street photography! Last shot is my fav.

MosheR Loc: New York City

Yeah. I like closeups as well.

MosheR Loc: New York City

Thanks again, Earnest