Donncha Ó Caoimh

The Invisible Shift

A street cleaner with a bin bag in one hand, framed between a STOP sign and a no-right-turn sign. You couldn’t stage it better. I shot this from Drawbridge Street, watching the lunchtime crowd flow past him like water around a rock. What struck me was the contrast: dozens of...

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Apr 1 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadGeobertApr 1
@[email protected] Nice one :) Where was it?
Show threadDonncha Ó CaoimhApr 1
@Geobomatic thanks. This is in Cork City in Ireland. I couldn't believe it when I saw him standing in the road!
Show thread77catsApr 2
You can make a lot of stories with this one. Such as "Looking at the supermarket, he was thinking back about the argument he had with his wife the night before, how terribly upset she was. Maybe he could try to make dinner for once, to patch things up. Finishing it with her favourite ice-cream and a good film."

That's the kind of stories that Willy Ronis made when taking photos.