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Matt

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Essex St subway, NYC.

This picture isn't part of a series, exactly, but it's one of many portraits I make of strangers, many of whom I encounter on the NYC subway. I never take more than 4 or 5 frames of any of these subjects (I took two of Matt), and the pictures are always made with their permission and involvement. I don't tend to move them far from where I find them, so I make what I can out of the background and the ambient light that's already there (no strobes). This one was taken on my way home last night, around midnight.

You can click here to see all of my blog posts tagged with 'street photography', which includes other portraits I've taken of strangers on the subway, amongst other things.

·· listening to 'Mezzanine' by Massive Attack

West Bank, Palestine

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:40:00 +0000

Just back from a trip to Israel & Palestine. These boys are from a village near Beit Hanina, in the West Bank. Behind them is the 'separation barrier' built by the Israeli government. The barrier cuts their village, and nearby Ramallah, off from neighbouring Jerusalem.

·· listening to 'Lisbon' by The Walkmen

Samir

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:09:00 +0000

Cairo, Egypt.

Last weekend was spent in Cairo for my sister's wedding - what little spare time I had I spent in the Old City where I met this guy, Samir. This picture shows him in his shop where he sews and repairs sewing machines (I think).

·· listening to Louis Armstrong

David Trimble

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:57:00 +0000

Brooklyn, New York.

David (amongst other things, cyclist, photographer and organizer of the famed Red Hook Criterium race) was kind enough to help me out with a recent project, so this portrait was done by way of thanks, I guess. More to come soon(ish) from me about the Red Hook Crit.

All images © copyright 2012 Benedict Evans. All rights reserved.

·· listening to 'Open Season' by Feist

Maya

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Rabat, Morocco.

·· listening to 'Makin' Dollas' by DTMD

Atlas Mountains, Morocco

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:02:00 +0000

This guy is also a Moroccan Berber, like the woman in the previous post. When I met him he was herding camels but he gave me time to get a couple of frames.

·· listening to Billie Holiday & Lester Young

Atlas Mountains, Morocco

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Sadly she didn't give me her name, but this is a Berber woman with a traditional tattoo on her chin and the picture was taken at the foot of the Atlas mountains in Morocco. Click on the image to see it bigger.

·· listening to 'Ratatat' by Ratatat

Bélage

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:08:00 +0000

Rabat, Morocco.

Bélage hangs around outside the tomb of King Hassan (in the background here) in Morocco's capital, Rabat, and takes polaroids of tourists and sells them to the subjects. As we were making this picture, the guards were getting more and more agitated until they called the whole thing off - I only got about 4 frames - but Belage was game for it and was following my lead in good spirit despite the argument we were obviously causing... We exchanged few words but I liked him a lot.

·· listening to 'Kaputt' by Destroyer

Sundal Roy

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:08:00 +0000

Photographed in SoHo, New York.

This'll more than likely be my last post until sometime in January; between now and then I'm travelling for a month and then moving house... Interesting projects in the pipeline - stay tuned for new things in 2012!

All images copyright © Benedict Evans 2011. Click on the images for larger versions.

·· listening to 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' by Serge Gainsbourg

Ruben

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:44:00 +0000

West 4th Subway, NYC.

·· listening to 'Love What Happened Here' by James Blake

Dawn over Los Angeles, California.

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:07:00 +0000

Posting this at this size is more or less pointless - be sure to click on it for a slightly larger version. It's manually stitched together from 7 or 8 1Ds Mk3 files, so the actual file is big - over 7 feet wide at 300dpi - but not particularly internet-friendly.

A week in LA was cool, but that place is weird. I felt like I was driving around a David Lynch movie.

·· listening to 'Portrait Of A Legend: Sam Cooke'

Aston

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:29:00 +0000

West 4th Subway, NYC.

·· listening to 'Life After Death' by The Notorious BIG

Simeon & Akilah

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:45:00 +0000

D Train, Manhattan, NYC.

·· listening to 'New Villager' by New Villager

Harold

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000

West 4th Subway, NYC.

·· listening to 'Standards' by Thelonious Monk

Kristen

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Harlem, NYC.

·· listening to 'Comin' From Where I'm From' by Anthony Hamilton

Pari

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:45:00 +0000

Good friend and super-good photographer Pari Dukovic on the C train yesterday. SoHo, NYC.

·· listening to 'Bad As Me' by Tom Waits

Eric

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:45:00 +0000

Harlem, NYC.

·· listening to 'Harvest' by Neil Young

Anthony

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000

SoHo, NYC. (Click on the picture for a bigger version)

·· listening to 'Suburbs' by Arcade Fire

Hahnemuhle Ad featuring Platon

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:55:00 +0000

Last week I made an ad for the paper company Hahnemuhle, featuring Platon. It was done super-quick on the trusty ol' 5D Mark ii and the Zoom H4 for audio.

Maurice

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:45:00 +0000

West 4th Street subway, NYC.

·· listening to 'Goblin' by Tyler, The Creator

Country

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Williamsburg, NYC.

·· listening to 'Her Favo(u)rite Color' by Blu

John

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:40:00 +0000

Midtown Manhattan, NYC.

·· listening to 'Metals' by Feist

Joanne

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000

West Village, NYC.

·· listening to 'Below The Heavens' by Blu & Exile

Brandy

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:30:00 +0000

NoHo, NYC.

·· listening to 'Goblin' by Tyler, The Creator

Harvey

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:00:00 +0000

SoHo, NYC.

I met Harvey on the street and it turns out he's a dealer in antique photographic prints and equipment, former proprietor of the photography bookstore A Photographer's Place, and a pretty nice guy.

·· listening to 'My Funny Valentine' by Miles Davis