“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
--Aaron Siskind
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Great V-like street and ~~~-like road!!! Just the b/w puts special effect at this moment! Very big vote!
20 May 2010 5:30am
must be something very interesting going on on this pedestrian-only street. great street shot sharon!
20 May 2010 5:34am
The silhouette effect is a great way to gather in the feeling of the milling crowd
on this street closed to traffic. It's an image that makes me want to join the crowd !! :-)
20 May 2010 6:10am
Great perspective. I love the stacking buildings into the distance and the crowd in the middle. Great b/w.
20 May 2010 6:12am
love the comp, all the people seem to be in unison, excellent timing!
20 May 2010 6:38am
"Ain't talkin', just walkin' / Walkin' ever since the other night / Heart burnin', still yearnin' / Walkin' ‘til I'm clean out of sight" (Bob Dylan)
Everything I love about your art is right in there, Sharon. The frame, the contrast, the point of view & these great signs. Walking a closed road & taking pictures. My kind of anarchy, my kind of photograph. Thanks for sharing such a pearl. All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
20 May 2010 7:45am
That taste gives to take a walk by a great street, closed to the traffic, you feel frees. black and white an exceptional one, as always I admire it.
Warm greetings
20 May 2010 8:10am
Fabulous City Mood ...................I Love your Picture,S.............
20 May 2010 8:34am
Take me to the Vogue, hopefully it still plays films.
20 May 2010 11:17am
Great B/W! Superb light! Beautiful composition! It is a pleasure to be able to walk without being disturbed by vehicles!
20 May 2010 11:44am
A wonderful street scene Sharon! There seems to be a festive feel to this shot...... ;-)
20 May 2010 11:53am
A super street scene and situation that is going on on streets starting with Spring and finishing in October !
One month already I cannot find a way to get out from the place where I live. I feel like imprisoned ! About noise and dust is better not to talk ;)
Super cool shot , especially for us Canadians :)
20 May 2010 1:09pm
oh, it is too early for me , and now I see I was wrong with above . Looks like this street is closed for traffic only.. that is cool . Love streets like these when people can walk freely where ever they wish :))
Sorry for above comment !
20 May 2010 1:11pm
@MARIANA: Nothing wrong with the comment about this comment Mariana :) They close off a certain section of Granville Street every spring and summer, although with preparing for the Olympics (now come and gone) it's been closed to traffic for some time. now. One of the reasons I find this particular scene so fascinating is because I've been looking at some old photos of Vancouver, stuff from the early 1900's, and it seems that people would gather on one particular street, and mill about. As I stood and watched everyone here, it reminded me of those old photos.... And yes, it's damn noisy and dusty! :-)
Outstanding street shot! The best streets are those where people flood into them and take over the city.
20 May 2010 1:32pm
do they keep downtown roads closed like that even in the winter? great street shot, Sharon... and i like the quote, i'm sure remembering my dog that died, with all the pics i took of her!
20 May 2010 1:32pm
Great B&W work and depth, such a cool scene seeing people enjoying the street without the normal vehicle traffic
20 May 2010 1:35pm
A lovely sunny day in the city, no cars allowed... very pleasant, like the mood here.
20 May 2010 4:07pm
wow, amazing scene! That looks like a great place to walk around; interesting shops and interesting people everywhere!
20 May 2010 6:18pm
So true, so many details we would never notice without the photos and i do agree about your answer to Mariana too, some places seems like never changing rivers, just the fishes wear different outfits ;) I like a lot this crowd knowing some people could recognize themselves or relatives, now, yesterday, tomorrow. The story of Time passing, fluently.......
20 May 2010 7:46pm
Marvelous monochrome. I love the Siskind quote; I've stolen it for my archive of quotes. Both sentences are true, but the first one articulates what I believe heart and soul. Thank you.
20 May 2010 7:48pm
the ball of urban ants! beautiful street scene, Sharon!
kiss!
20 May 2010 8:14pm
It seems like a film festival in progress. It's good to see a street open to just foot traffic. I don't like dodging cars all the time. Lovely B&W.
20 May 2010 9:27pm
This is a classic urban street scene. Regarding your reply to Mariana: I thought the very same thing when I first saw this photo.
20 May 2010 9:51pm
Very strong composition! Beautiful street with great "old style" signs. Great!!
20 May 2010 11:57pm
Closed is a relative term. Cool shot.
21 May 2010 1:17am
The signs look so super-sized compared to the crowd. But the latter is flowing without being to attracted. Guess is too early for the neon to catch and attract. I love the Orpheum sign. It brings me back to Memphis Tennessee in their concert Hall. We're getting the feel of the beat.
Cheers Sharon
21 May 2010 3:21am
i do like it when they close up the streets like this and have stalls in place.. the mood's so festive.. very nice street shot.. :)
21 May 2010 3:27am
A perfect illustration to that qoute. Read your answer of M:s comments and understood moore about your feelings of this photo. Great!
21 May 2010 7:20am
awesome street-photography photograph! very well seen and captured.
21 May 2010 8:48am
A new meaning to 'reclaiming the streets' : it is so strange the social transformation when vehicles are excluded . .
21 May 2010 9:01am
No traffic, lots of happy pedestrians :) Very good urban shot.
21 May 2010 11:12am
Wonderful capture of such an everyday street scene. The b&w processing gives it a sense of timelessness.
22 May 2010 10:43am
We call it Hokosha Tengoku, 歩行者天国 in Japan. It means Pedestrian's Heaven (or Paradise). I wish I could visit there.
22 May 2010 11:08am
I like the perspective you have captured looking down the street and the backlight adds a great feel to the scene! Have a fantastic weekend!
23 May 2010 5:32am
This has a great vintage feel and look to it...excellent street shot!
23 May 2010 7:24pm
Beautiful composition - there is deep space
I like the balance of light and shadow
Love it
27 May 2010 1:58pm
What a great shot of Granville Street! In B&W it is timeless.
30 May 2010 12:36am
so interesting to see this in black and white. recently i read that b/w abstracts things and i have to say this is true here. this is unmistakably Granville Street and yet in b/w it looks like it could be anywhere. in a good way. lovely time with the girl in the light colored tunic - there's so much activity here and yet my eye keeps coming back to her.
30 May 2010 6:27pm
An image so wonderful, in every way, made so much more precious with the beautiful truth of the quote!
5 Jun 2010 5:48am
Looks like a very happening pedestrian friendly street!
10 Jun 2010 9:34pm