Temporary Contemporary
I like to notice things, but I would like even more to be able to notice people. In action. Like Cartier-Bresson. Or Robert Capa.
So I was walking past the Swedenborgian Church on Lyon, when this guy on a high-wheeler rode by. I grabbed for my camera, but it was stuck in the same pants pocket as my bifocals. The guy rode off.
A while later, as I was waiting to cross Geary, he approached again.
What a lucky shot.
[click to enlarge] Please note the (extremely rare) emptiness of the intersection,
the manhole cover(s) and the red light and the don't-turn-left sign and the car wheel...which echo the bike's wheels,
the framing of the yellow crosswalks,
the street sign like a dialog balloon,
the lone pedestrian,
the cars vs. the bike,
and the floating shadow—just like C-B's puddle-jumper,
which is the reverse of Capa's Spanish soldier getting shot.
Normally, I'm just a landscaper, as with the temporary Contemporary Jewish Museum entrance:
So I was walking past the Swedenborgian Church on Lyon, when this guy on a high-wheeler rode by. I grabbed for my camera, but it was stuck in the same pants pocket as my bifocals. The guy rode off.
A while later, as I was waiting to cross Geary, he approached again.
What a lucky shot.[click to enlarge] Please note the (extremely rare) emptiness of the intersection,
the manhole cover(s) and the red light and the don't-turn-left sign and the car wheel...which echo the bike's wheels,
the framing of the yellow crosswalks,
the street sign like a dialog balloon,
the lone pedestrian,
the cars vs. the bike,
and the floating shadow—just like C-B's puddle-jumper,
which is the reverse of Capa's Spanish soldier getting shot.
Normally, I'm just a landscaper, as with the temporary Contemporary Jewish Museum entrance:
posted by Howard Junker at 7:33 AM
2 Comments:
It's a beautiful shot. The rider almost looks absurd in contemporary dress.
It's worthy of a Pulitzer! Your analysis is worthy of, I dunno, something.
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