079 - Street Corners

079 - Street Corners
Originally uploaded by gingerpig2000

Winter is a great time to go out with a camera, especially early in the morning - the combination of clean light, no leaves, and, in this case, people trying to stay warm, makes for some interesting ideas.

I like the way that the brick paving has so much tone, and then when you look higher in the picture the background turns to a diffuse lighted space, forcing the eye to take in the harder outlines of the people.

People often complain about the softness of people and the hardness of technology, although perhaps not in those words, but I see the technology as being soft and the people being hard, and not just those creating the technology but those buying or at least accepting it.

I have had this image around for months, trying to solve the problem of the background, and although it is not what I intended, I now see a connection with some ideas I have about society. With that I feel satisfied with the image.