Street Workers ( 3 Photos )

I find shooting on the street to be one of the greatest challenges in the realm of photography. Street photography doesn’t come easy, and it takes a bold soul to take photos of strangers – especially when these said strangers don’t want their photos taken. Sure, there are many subjects milling about, yet capturing one that is intriguing and appealing to the viewer is often difficult. Then, once you’ve found an interesting subject, it’s not all quite as easy as just snapping a shot of them. Their actions, the lighting and angles all need to be taken into consideration. I believe that photography tells stories, so it’s important to find a character on the street that has stories and histories to give us – all without breathing a word. These three shots here were all taken with a Canon AE-1. The man sawing into the concrete was captured on lomo earl grey 100 film. The other two were taken with Tmax 100. All were personally developed in the darkroom with D76. © Patrick Bresnahan