2.1 A Day on the Street
It was the visual contrast that first caught my attention. A food cart near Central Park, brightly lit in the darkness, with a silhouetted customer waiting. I thought it looked like a nice scene and I liked the way the contrasting light isolated the vendor and the customer.
As I continued to travel, back to New York, other cities and countries, I noticed street carts. Even in my hometown I began to see carts. Over time, my interest expanded beyond the physical cart itself to include the vendor - the person working the cart. It struck me that these carts and vendors presented interesting contrasts worth exploring.
Often the New York carts were located directly in front of storefronts for the most prominent, upscale brands or in the most desirable Manhattan neighborhoods. I was fascinated by the relationship between the carts and their physical environment. Many were colorful, lit up with bold signage, trying to attract some notice, but swallowed up by massive buildings and ignored by many for whom the carts are common, not a novelty. In other cases, I found carts with activity, customers and vendors interacting, transactions occurring.
But the story would be incomplete without considering the vendor, admirably tending to the cart. These vendors tell their stories with their faces, at times displaying joy in their work, and other times clearly expressing the toil involved in long hours and physically demanding tasks.
These images were collected over 5+ years in multiple cities and in multiple countries. I hope these images represent the vendors and their vocation well.
36 Pages, 36 Color Images, Center Staple
Expected Shipping Date - Week of July 22.
It was the visual contrast that first caught my attention. A food cart near Central Park, brightly lit in the darkness, with a silhouetted customer waiting. I thought it looked like a nice scene and I liked the way the contrasting light isolated the vendor and the customer.
As I continued to travel, back to New York, other cities and countries, I noticed street carts. Even in my hometown I began to see carts. Over time, my interest expanded beyond the physical cart itself to include the vendor - the person working the cart. It struck me that these carts and vendors presented interesting contrasts worth exploring.
Often the New York carts were located directly in front of storefronts for the most prominent, upscale brands or in the most desirable Manhattan neighborhoods. I was fascinated by the relationship between the carts and their physical environment. Many were colorful, lit up with bold signage, trying to attract some notice, but swallowed up by massive buildings and ignored by many for whom the carts are common, not a novelty. In other cases, I found carts with activity, customers and vendors interacting, transactions occurring.
But the story would be incomplete without considering the vendor, admirably tending to the cart. These vendors tell their stories with their faces, at times displaying joy in their work, and other times clearly expressing the toil involved in long hours and physically demanding tasks.
These images were collected over 5+ years in multiple cities and in multiple countries. I hope these images represent the vendors and their vocation well.
36 Pages, 36 Color Images, Center Staple
Expected Shipping Date - Week of July 22.
It was the visual contrast that first caught my attention. A food cart near Central Park, brightly lit in the darkness, with a silhouetted customer waiting. I thought it looked like a nice scene and I liked the way the contrasting light isolated the vendor and the customer.
As I continued to travel, back to New York, other cities and countries, I noticed street carts. Even in my hometown I began to see carts. Over time, my interest expanded beyond the physical cart itself to include the vendor - the person working the cart. It struck me that these carts and vendors presented interesting contrasts worth exploring.
Often the New York carts were located directly in front of storefronts for the most prominent, upscale brands or in the most desirable Manhattan neighborhoods. I was fascinated by the relationship between the carts and their physical environment. Many were colorful, lit up with bold signage, trying to attract some notice, but swallowed up by massive buildings and ignored by many for whom the carts are common, not a novelty. In other cases, I found carts with activity, customers and vendors interacting, transactions occurring.
But the story would be incomplete without considering the vendor, admirably tending to the cart. These vendors tell their stories with their faces, at times displaying joy in their work, and other times clearly expressing the toil involved in long hours and physically demanding tasks.
These images were collected over 5+ years in multiple cities and in multiple countries. I hope these images represent the vendors and their vocation well.
36 Pages, 36 Color Images, Center Staple
Expected Shipping Date - Week of July 22.