Hello World

Call on the break. Caption & photo: 林修铭 (Lín Xiūmíng).

Billboard

Feeling board... Didier Vanderperre’s shot of Chinatown in New York City, United States. Photo: Didier Vanderperre via The Guardian.

Between Appear and Disappear

Inevitably, it may be that photos taken from the same place at different hours of the same day can show weather changes.

Fare adjustment mechanism

To quote Alda Merini, “Sin is never to be rejected”. Photo © Argus Paul Estabrook.

The Thoughts of the Emperor

To quote Marcus Aurelius, “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane”. Photo: Mado Flynn.

Raphael’s Angels in the Kitchen

A man talks on the phone in front of a banner for a restaurant in 香港 (Hong Kong), China. Photo: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images.

The Day After

This is my reply to all who sent me their very best wishes for a better New Year: “Let’s hope it will be better for everyone, or else it cannot be better for anyone”. Photos: Mado Flynn.

Sideways

You go on through a pedestrian underpass like a dot on an i, and suddenly it is an upside-down exclamation point.

Hats and Cigars

SuperDuper Hats on display at the former Manifattura Tabacchi (Tobacco Factory), Florence, Italy, December 19, 2021. Photo: Stefano Marmino.

Water Mirror

Whatever I’ve written about us is all lies whatever I’ve written about us is all true. Nâzım Hikmet, 1960

Fairy Arno, Tuscany, Italy, November 1, 2021. Photo: Stefano Marmino.

Coup de foudre

The more they leave me alone, the more I shine. Alda Merini

Scossa (High voltage), October 26, 2021. Photo: Stefano Marmino.

As an absence as well as a presence

I like people who choose carefully the words not to say. Alda Merini

Untitled, October 23, 2021. Photo: Stefano Marmino.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

It’s not the mad but the sane who do harm. Alda Merini

Former San Salvi Psychiatric Hospital, Florence, Italy, October 31, 2021. Photo: Stefano Marmino.

Layla

Red Lips by Rudy Boyer (LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017 finalist, single) “When I’m out and about, I observe how people move and keep an eye out for interesting colours and light. This was shot in a side street in old Nice: a girl on her phone turned to me, and the curve of the cap she was wearing created a shadow on her face, leaving only her lips in the sunlight”, the photographer says. Photo © Rudy Boyer.

Lost in the Crowd

Poison Heart by Alexandre Grand (LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017 finalist, single) Vincent feelings. Photo © Alexandre Grand.

Courtesy Head

While All Around Are Losing by David Barrett (LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017 finalist, single) “It’s the first basic rule you’re taught in traditional photographic composition: don’t cut off their heads!”, the photographer says. Photo © David Barrett.

Living In A While

In an ongoing project, Sarah Lee follows in a long tradition of street photographers, capturing candid portraits of people on London’s night buses. Photo: Sarah Lee.

“And the reason I do it at night is that the people aren’t commuters, they are travelling for a myriad of personal reasons, doing all types of journeys”. Caption and photo: Sarah Lee.