The street as the big stage

The street to me is the big stage…

…where the man puts in place all the roles of life: the disenchantment, gracefulness, the misery, and then again, commiseration, the debauchery, the happiness… sadness and anger, protests and revolutions…It is not a coincidence that the great social and political revolutions have taken place in the street. Because the street is the people.

As a photographer, there’s something about taking my camera with me on a walk around the downtown of my city, in hopes of capturing genuine and authentic human interaction, that enchants me. Unconsciously, I seem to be drawn to photograph subjects that resonate or emanate something I feel within myself, whether it’s joy, excitement, hope, sadness, anger, fear, or doubt.