{"id":540,"date":"2023-06-13T23:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T23:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/?p=540"},"modified":"2023-06-13T23:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T23:34:57","slug":"we-can-all-learn-something-from-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/we-can-all-learn-something-from-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"We can all learn something from the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I know what you are thinking…I can just feel it. Why in the world is a nature photographer such as myself taking photos of the streets. Well if you aren’t <\/em>thinking it I sure have been. Every photo in this post has been vetted from about a thousand during my stay here in NYC this past week and until now I really had no idea how to explain to the viewer what my criteria actually was. As I studied my two Instagram feeds, one dedicated to color<\/a> and the other black and white<\/a>, I feel a pattern started to emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

There it<\/em> is. Do you see it?<\/p>\n\n\n

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I think this is a New Yorker, lightly dressed and styling a reusable bag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Not a New Yorker. No carry bag and person taking snappies with an iPhone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

New York City is one of the most interesting places to visit for me as a photographer. What I find fascinating is how an entire city can coexist with tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When I embarked on my daily walk first thing in the morning, I equipped myself with a light hoodie and that was it. Later in the day it stormed. New Yorkers seem to be prepared for anything and everything as there was a particular group of New Yorkers who had umbrellas. How the heck?!<\/em> Not only do some New Yorkers like to walk…they are highly prepared to<\/em> walk.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I didn’t get the umbrella memo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This man was equipped with umbrella and bag around some other items<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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New Yorker with bottle of water and small bag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During my limited observations coming out to the city year after year, I feel New Yorkers are hyper local, traditionally hanging around their little corner of the five boroughs. These residents typically ride bikes. Photographers, crank your shutter speed to high<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I had also overheard a local resident tell another that ‘New Yorkers are the best entertainers in the world.’ Such a true statement. New Yorkers display their livelihoods for everyone to see. I think its because residents have learned to ignore tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A family or friend outing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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New York City seems to function despite the chaos. It’s as if the residents feed off the tourists and visa versa. Photographers call this an energy or vibe. I just call what you see on the streets a sign of a healthy and vibrant community.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I know what you are thinking…I can just feel it. Why in the world is a nature photographer such as myself taking photos of the streets. Well if you aren’t thinking it I sure have been. Every photo in this post has been vetted from about a thousand during my stay here in NYC this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,84,3],"tags":[7,86,36,17,18],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york-street","category-new-york","category-street","tag-fujifilm","tag-new-york-city","tag-photography","tag-sony","tag-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584,"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timharris.photography\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}