=SimonSawSunlight

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I am the most biased mirror. Mirror of the things and people around me, and I am their reflection. I am forcing the soul of the Street into a form of expression of my own soul, and the Street is forcing its lights and shadows, people and objects, faces and hands and feet on me. My act is reacting, and my reacting is the most creative act. The Street is my creator, and I'm the Street's creator. I am a part of the Street that's not a part of it. I am in the Street. The Street is wherever I am. I am the Street. I belong everywhere because I'm just another one of more than 6 billion.
I am a Street photographer, even if there's no street and no people in it. I am a Street photographer, I am not an inmate of any definition's prison. I am a Street photographer, I define Street photography.

I am a Street photographer and the Street belongs to me.

_{Apart from that: if you want to buy a print that's not in my dA store thingy here, just drop me a note.}

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Interests: Photography, Music, Literature, Sports, Woo
Favourite movie: Return o.t. Killer Tomatoes, PlanetEarth, LotR, Schindler's List, Star Wars, Letters from Iwo J
Favourite band or musician: Teitur, Björk, Otis Redding, Sigur Rós, Noir Désir, Tryo, Mozart, B.Goodman, C.Basie
Favourite poet or writer: J.R.R. Tolkien, Hermann Hesse, Kurt Tucholsky, Sartre, Bertolt Brecht, Michael Ende, ...
Favourite photographer: H. Cartier-Bresson, J. Nachtwey, Matt Stuart, William Klein, Bruce Gilden, ...
MP3 player of choice: my head. I've got surround sound in here.
Favourite game: Team Fortress 2, Insurgency, Secret of Mana, Left 4 Dead
Personal Quote: "Hab ich schon gesehen... großer Schwachsinn."

Website: http://simonsawstreet.blogspot.com/
MSN: bujinkansome1[at]msn.com

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~30seconds2marsislove 6 days 19 minutes ago

Hi, I just want to say I really value and admire your work. I shoot film, Tri-x 400 and Tmax as well. I just have to ask, how do you constantly keep finding inspiration on the streets? I love street photography as well but I can't seem to find anything that sparks or catches my attention the way your photos catch yours. Do you have any advice to an aspiring photographer?

=SimonSawSunlight 5 days 23 hours ago

inspiration is a difficult word, I'm trying not to get 'inspired' too much for my photography. it's probably more about the motivation to go out and do whatever your street photography is about again and again. it's probably more about motivation and concentration, street photography is a lot about reacting, and you can always train your eye to react a little faster and more precisely and and and. this is probably not a very satisfying answer to you but I'm really having a hard time expressing just what it is that keeps me taking photographs of certain things and not doing so with others.

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_{Ich ermittle ausschließlich mit dem Gehirn.

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~30seconds2marsislove 5 days 21 hours ago

I think I get the gist of what you're saying. I appreciate that you replied in the first place! Just going through your gallery gives me the strength to want to approach situations a little more closely without having worry about getting criticized or freaking people out. I try to take photos quickly in order to avoid awkward situations, but from what it looks like in your photos is that you take the time to investigate what is around you and analyzing it with your camera and capturing that. Even if that's not true, it feels that way