We look but do we really see ?
This collection of images was taken in New York and I realised that all these scenes seemed somewhat familiar to me, however, this could not be true as I had never been to New York before. After some time I realised that the reason these images seemed so recognisable was because they were, we have been seeing these scenes for years in the movies, on TV, in magazines and newspapers.
This got me thinking, because I found these street scenes so familiar was I actually "seeing" them? Do we ever really look at what is in front of us and do we even notice the people behind the story.
I decided to remove all the background from the photographs, to take the people out of the environment and out of context so that we had to look at them.
This collection is their "stage" a chance to be seen and not just be a part of the background and make us wonder and question "what is their story" and maybe one day we might see it in the movies !!
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