Portland in black and white Revisited
I took 3 extra batteries this time, but the first one never died. I intended to shoot more, but the line at Bard was long and the light nearly gone when I got back out on the street. There’s always next time.
Looking at these last two sets from outings in Portland, I’m realizing I quite enjoy a subgenre of street photography that minimizes the literal presence of humans in the frame, but still accentuates the presence of active humanity in the scene. Another version of that last sentence might even make sense.
A longer explanation is that I don’t mind humans in the frame, sometimes they’re necessary even, but I more so want to show the evidence of their activity. Not just what humans have built—buildings, statues, roads, yawn—but more intimate details highlighting specific current (or recent) human activity. In the photos below, that shows up as shadows and footprints, tape on a bus, dirty dishes, a drink being made, graffiti on what was an active bank the last time I saw it, a seasonal patio covered in snow before it could be put away, and plenty of cars and lights.
Everything straight out of the Fujifilm X100VI.
