Admittedly, I’m not very good at “street photography”. I am too shy, too concerned about what a possible subject might think, if they might notice me, how they might react. This is a pattern that reocurrs not only when being out shooting, it’s a general thing with my psyche. But I’m working on it.

Today, I did not go to work by bike due to the dull, cold and slightly moist weather, but instead took the bus. And in turn this gave me the opportunity of taking the picture of this fellow, waiting for the same bus as I. I found him very interesting on the first glance, looking as though he might have quite a story to tell about his life.

PAD #5 | "Waiting for the bus" | Leica M8 + Nokton 50/1.5 @ f/1.5, 1/4000 sec, ISO 160

I think this is what makes genuine street photography so interesting — capturing moments, capturing people, capturing daily life, taken out of its context and presented for interpretation by the beholder. You can intentionally tell a story, or intentionally not tell a story. And you conserve bits and pieces of the daily life in your surroundings which might at some point in time gain a documentary value.

Anyhow, without my PAD project I probably not have taken this shot. So I’m glad I started it