I’m normally very self-conscious about taking photos of people in public, but today I decided to throw caution to the wind and tried to capture images of a few of the guys who caught my attention.
The first image shows a young guy who was at the overlook area in front of Sacre Coeur and was trying to interest people in tours of the city in a bright orange vintage Citroën 2CV, the one that looks vaguely like the original Volkswagen Beetle.
I first heard the guy the second image playing the bongos (with a tambourine to his side) on a bench across the Seine from me, on a bank of Île de la Cité, the island on which Notre Dame de Paris is located. Although I was a long way away, he seemed to sense my presence and looked up at me for a moment before returning to his music.
During my final visit to Place de Tertre in Montmartre late this afternoon, I again watched Jean-Marc Lambert, my favorite watercolor artist at work. You may recognize him in the final photo from an earlier posting I did about him. Unlike the two previous times, I did not engage with him, but silently and wistfully watched from a distance.
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These are great images. I think you should explore street photography more if you have an interest in doing so as you certainly seem to have a knack for it.
Thanks, Laura. If I think of them as candid portraits, I might be able to try some more of them. “Street photograph” has a grungier, darker side that doesn’t appeal to be. For example, taking photos of all of the homeless people in Paris is not something I would want to do.
Thanks for explaining the difference. These definitely aren’t grungy.