7 Street Photography Images from my 'Walks of Life' Solo Project

Passing time...

Rendezvous

Walking Woman meets Scooter boy

Please don't pass me by...

Going nowhere...

Glancing by...

Collision course...

These 7 images were taken as part of my ongoing solo street photography project, Walks of Life. Inspired by Sean Henry's sculpture 'Walking Woman' I decided to use it as the jumping off point for a street photography project. The thing about Colchester is that as well as having this sculpture on the main street of the town, there are also streets that have the word 'walk' in them. So the image of the man and boy waiting inside the opticians was actually taken from Lion Walk. Also, other images were taken in Sir Isaacs Walk (none of these... will post those in next day or so).

As well as taking images in streets with the word 'walk' in them, I also took images that in some sense are about 'walks of life' - a term used to describe what people do for their job. Also, taking it literally in the sense that my subjects (or at least some of them) are physically walking. When you freeze this act at the instant of firing the shutter, depending on the camera settings, some will be sharp and appear motionless or still, whilst others will be blurred and so a sense of motion may be conveyed. This, for me, is a representation of the fact that we are all going through life (often described as a journey) at different speeds.

Then there is the interaction between the sculpture 'Walking Woman' and passing members of the public. When the sculpture was unveiled many folk wanted to pose next to the sculpture and have their photo taken. After a few weeks more and more people just passed by, as if the sculpture wasn't there, whilst others interacted with her, like the young boy on the scooter who physically touched her as if giving her a 'high five'. Others just glanced up at her as if seeing her for the first time. I also took images of people who seem to mimic the 'walking woman' in their stride (those mages I will post later).

I am still exploring the theme so eventually I hope to have enough images to put in a book and hopefully there will be an exhibition. If you would like to help towards that please check out my Patreon Page bu clicking on the button below.Become a Patron!