Chinatown Streets Part I
I finished my internship at Getty Sports last November (2010), and after a string of rejected job/internship applications, realized I was now a ‘freelancer’ in New York. Frightening time. I knew it would take me a little while to get the ball rolling, and Getty photog Chris McGrath suggested I start a personal project to occupy myself- he stressed that in this specific circumstance, it wasn’t so important what the subject matter was, but simply that I was keeping my eye active. He ended up suggesting the streets of Chinatown – an old cliche. ‘Why not?’ I thought, ‘it’s something to do – and I’m terrible at street photography anyway. It’ll be a good learning experience.’
A year later, here are a few results.
For those of you who follow my blog – I’ll say this In These Dark Canyons (Parts I, II, III – and IV is in currently on the digital light table) was an unconscious effort. What I continue to find interesting about that series is that it’s a (visual) commentary on where my subconscious was at in that time period. I never really knew I was taking those photos, or that I was conveying the state of my psyche with my camera.
On the contrary, Chinatown Streets was something I went out and consciously put effort into. Frankly, I’m not sure if the results are as good.
Thanks for looking.
