“Most visitors to New York City spend a few days seeing the iconic sights and then they leave.”

“I love to watch children playing with each other, left to their own devices unsupervised by helicopter parents. As a street photographer, I value the freedom of being able to photograph them.”

“Synchronicity refers to a striking coincidence between seemingly unrelated events that may have some type of unknown or paranormal connection..”

“My connection to the Divine is through my camera. Here the flow, the beauty, the connection, the wholeness and the holiness of the photograph is my spiritual experience”

“Nuns are people too.”

“Upon seeing these three men in a lively encounter at the intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue, I was immediately transported to Robert Frank’s photograph of three men, titled simply, New York City, 1955.”

“That evening while editing the photo, it struck me. For the first time, I noticed the very fine blue hem on the burka, the exact color of the teenager’s skirt. Aha! A thread of fashion.”

“The moment I took this picture, I felt in my body that everything had just come together for the ideal shot. Was this how Henri Cartier-Bresson felt? Perhaps street photography should be considered a sport. It is a whole-body phenomenon involving much more than the application of a finger to a shutter.”

“We were taking the train from Putney to London, to visit the Tate Modern. Something was clearly up. As we approached the station, people in costume were streaming in. There was great excitement in the air.”

“Another year, another museum. Two children ran up to a carpet-like wall hanging in Tate Modern, London and immediately began to draw on it with their fingers. I was about to intervene when I noticed a multitude of faded finger scribblings on it. Apparently, it was Intended to be finger graffitied, a beautiful break from museum tradition.”

“This picture is very precious to me. The first time I saw it on my laptop screen, it occurred to me that perhaps I was a serious photographer. It is loaded with emotion and never ceases to evoke sadness and anger in me.”

“This renowned summer festival has been held annually for over fifty years. At the opening weekend the year we visited, we were treated to a parade of traditional costume. This formation of women holding parasols caught my attention.”

“Walking in lower Manhattan, I saw a man in the distance wearing this interesting outfit. I called out to him, he turned and leapt into this pose. Bingo! My daughter recognized this image as Mr. Doodle and I soon discovered that he was a famous artist.”

“A cliché expression is one that is hackneyed i.e. an overused trite expression that reveals lack of original thought. A cliché photograph too is unoriginal, having been taken countless times by many people.”

“I wondered whether she was seriously selling weed or just having fun. Probably the latter, since no one was paying any attention to her. Still, she was doing a good job showing how much has changed in 70 years.”

“Proxemics is the study of the space that people need around them in to feel comfortable. I find this, and the knowledge of interpersonal boundaries, invaluable in helping me make meaning of human behavior. In this picture, are a man and a woman sharing a seat. Their postures and body language are strikingly different.”

“In this photo, a bespectacled young woman is ordering lunch with an older woman, perhaps her mother or a co-worker. Her unstylish bookish appearance suggests she is probably free for a last-minute date. Her bag, however, speaks for her. It says “no, I’m not free, I’m all booked up.” When Goldie viewed the photograph, all she saw was an intelligent woman who loves books.”

“What first caught my attention were her legs, then the tattoo, then her sandals, then the legs of the bench, then the seat and armrest of the bench, then the clean simple background and finally the color match between bag and bench. Curves, color, space – all are harmoniously blended into a whole.”

“Be aware for sure, but this piece of advice from one of street photography’s most iconic heroes is problematic. “Stare, pry, eavesdrop” – these are loaded terms that rightfully make people feel uncomfortable.”

“The conclusion for me is inescapable. Paradoxically, while undoubtably disconnected he was for a moment, strongly connected to the drama. Only he was totally unaware of it.”