Invited guest: John Strazza

I am truly glad to present pictures by John Strazza. I love his style
and his thinking about photography. And I would be delighted to see
his pictures exhibited in Sweden. This will happen, I am sure of that!
John was kind enough to send me a great deal of pictures so I will
publish the rest in two or three postings around Christmas. Thanks
John - you have many friends over here!
invited by ulf fågelhammar

"These are from a series of pinhole images done in NYC .. It's an
oddity, to say the least, to be doing street photography with a pinhole ..
but in the end the experience is similar to that of walking with the
Leica or Nikon ..it's becoming involved with the life of that day and
place that matters most ..

Time, in terms of exposure, is of course an issue .. exposures are
very long and that changes things .. and, for me, color is a part of
these images unlike most of my other street work ..

I must say, these are great fun for me .. and I have a deep satisfaction
when seeing this way .. Pinhole imagery does have some traps .. that
being the novelty of the "pinhole look" and the possible lack of content
beyond it within an image .. when working this way though, I really
forget about the camera and just get into the seeing part .. everything
else is secondary.."

-john strazza

all pictures ©John Strazza