A girl in her dad's photocopy shop (M6TTL, Summicron 90, some color film) in Bogotá, Colombia,
They're all working. I felt a bit intrusive by breaking into their routine and stole two of the three shots above (the women kindly accepted to pose for the camera). In a way, my meeting all of them constituted a kind of crossing of our paths, as I was working in that very moment. Working, at least, in one thing I enjoy doing, which is taking photographs with my Leicas.
Women selling lottery tickets (M6TTL, Hexanon 35, Scala ISO 200) in San José, Costa Rica,
They're all working. I felt a bit intrusive by breaking into their routine and stole two of the three shots above (the women kindly accepted to pose for the camera). In a way, my meeting all of them constituted a kind of crossing of our paths, as I was working in that very moment. Working, at least, in one thing I enjoy doing, which is taking photographs with my Leicas. Working people fascinate me... probably because while I "work" photographing them, I don't feel as if I were working myself. However, I am, only not for a living, but to overcome my own limitations as a photographer and documentarian (I have never considered myself an artist). In the end, I'd really like to document all possible occupations in the world. I have a few, but, oddly enough, not mine. However, one of these days I'll set up my own self-portrait at work, and post it here. In the meanwhile, I have some more work to do.
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