Category Archives: Take a Seat

Take a Seat – Take a Moment 7

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Brian

Another reason for people to sit about in public spaces: a cigarette break. Photo: Senate House Hill, Cambridge, April 2019

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 6

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Brian

So, why do people sit about in public spaces?  Variously: chatting, eating, reading, sleeping, watching, waiting, working on a laptop, attending to the demands of a mobile phone.  Or maybe lost in moments of inner calm and reverie, time off … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 5

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Brian

Another book of moments (see post 21st March 2019) is People Kissing by Levine and Ramey (Princetown Architectural Press 2019).  More active that quiet moments, the sub-title is ‘A Century of Photographs’ and it reveals the shifts in social and … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 3

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Brian

Black+White Photography magazine runs a regular feature, ‘Smart Guide to Photography’.  It concentrates on still lives and other static subjects and rarely ventures out onto the street.  The helpful advice at expertphotography.com/smartphone-street-photography-tips/ shows that B+W is missing something.  I don’t … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 2

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Brian

The previous post has set me thinking that there might be a photo book in my pictures of people sitting in quiet moments.  This would be in a similar vein to my Ruckenfigur Revisited (2013).  More elevated examples are Elliott … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Brian

Anyone seeing my street photography on Instagram will have noticed that it often includes seated people.  Why?  Is it just an accident; or do I go to lots of places where people want to sit down?  Is it because it’s … Continue reading →

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