charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA

Good set

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great people series.

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

Worked in NYC (RCA bldg and then Exxon bldg) for five years. I miss it. My wife liked Chicago but I preferred NYC. I smiled at your selfie. Loved the set.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

[quote=daldds]Actually, for most of us among the 8.5 million, it's really a bunch of small or smaller villages. As mainly a street photographer, I talk to strangers, but so do others, especially if they're looking at maps or street signs.
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Yesterday I needed a haircut, but paused to take a selfie on Park Avenue in one of the semi-permanent artist's rendering. On the train going home, I grabbed this one of a father and daughter from Austria on their way to the American Museum of Natural History...my stop also. Sixty-eight years ago I had completed five years of German. Luckily I didn't need it; the father's English was perfect British. When we got off the train, the line to get into the museum on Central Park West was around the corner, but I showed them another entrance on 81st St. The daughter had a gmail address, so they have this shot.
The lady writing on the bus also had a gmail account.
The images of the construction workers were taken through the bus window.
Saturday morning we go to the farmer's market a couple of blocks away. The street is closed until about 3 pm. The tent you see in that shot is seen in the penultimate shot. That farm is almost two hours north of the city. They get up at 3 am to set up by 8:15 or so.
The last shot is of an Amish group that leaves their farm at 2 am. They do not drive, but hire a driver and truck. They sleep during the almost five hour trip.,[/quote
Fantastic set!!!!

srg

Outstanding!
Another great display.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Great street photography and also illustrating that strreet photography does not have to be grainy BW, color can work great too. And thank you for the backstories! They add a lot.

JBuckley

People in (photos), always capture the essence of humanity, and especially craftsmen and construction workers.

I enjoy looking (over the shoulders) of construction workers on their job sites. I've found it a little hard to catch them (in the lens), as they work, as they keep looking back at me and my camera, wondering if I've been sent there by their boss to catch them relaxing instead of working.

I understand their not wanting to be photographed (in action), because there are so many union safety people, and insurance companies running around trying to catch workers in dangerous acts.

There is just something people working hard at their craft or trades, that inspires me to do a better job at my workplace.
Thanks for sharing the "people in real life".

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Well said.

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

AMazing set of images! Great work here - images AND processing, daldds!!

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

WoW, Daldds!

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Great series, I really like the first.