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Urban Transport (2004)

I had originally ventured to downtown Cleveland to shoot the architecture, but a number of skaters on Public Square unknowingly provided subjects for a few action shots.

Unfortunately, in order to get an appropriate angle (and also not to attract the attention of my subjects), I had to position myself across the street. This provided me with a very limited window of opportunity – a three foot gap between two parked city buses. Action shots as unpredictable as these are difficult to begin with, but having only a split second to anticipate a skater’s arrival and action, to focus, and to take the shot at the right time made this an especially difficult task.

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