Rough Edges and Real Souls: Street Portraits from Hells Kitchen to Little Italy
Manhattan, New York man. One of my favourite places to shoot street photography anywhere, ever. Little happenings everywhere, characters doing their own thing and then suddenly mixing it up together, either exploding, or laughing or rambling something nobody else can fathom. It’s the mix of people that intrigues me. The diversity, not just of culture but personality. The place is unpredictable. I spent four days there and shot a lot of stuff. This is some of it. Most of this is shot with a Fuji XT4 and a 16mm f/1.4 and there’s a few 13mm thrown in at the end. g x
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