Week Five

I travelled to Sydney this weekend to cheer my boyfriend over the finish line of the Oxfam 100km walk. Whilst he was marching up and down hills, I entertained myself marching up and down the streets of Sydney collecting photos. With the ideas of Henri Cartier-Bresson on my mind, I snapped away. I wanted to capture the ‘decisive moment’ but found it difficult because I didn’t want to intrude on people’s personal space. I was concerned that the pointing of my camera would create malcontent, so rather than sit and wait for a perfect moment to occur, I would take quick snaps and move along, looking as touristy as possible (with a map hanging out of my back pocket). This meant that it was after I had taken the photos that I went looking for the decisive moment amongst them. A bit backwards.

Let me introduce you to Sydney Australia, as of the 28th August 2010.



This is the market at The Rocks. Above and below, I love the way shadows were cast upon the yellow canopy. I tried to capture people without them noticing.



I love these pictures, I couldn't chose which one to put up. This was a laneway party I came accross in Padington. It reminded me of Cartier-Bresson's decisive moment.



Shoe shopping in Paddington. I aimed to capture pictures which show the time that we live in. This is the same idea as the photo below.



Ants.

Again, I was aiming to capture a picture of 'today' as well as a decisive moment.

I love this picture. The thing that makes it work are the people in the reflection, looking at the same thing as I am. I didn't notice this when I took it.