Newspaper stands, which we encounter daily as just another pile of visual rubble on city streets, takes on a much different character when seen from above.

The gouges remind me almost of Van Gogh’s heavily textured brush strokes. Who knew that City Garbage trucks had such an artistic background?

This was part of my attempt to venture into that world; I attended a peace rally in the months before the Iraq war.

A slow shutter speed allowed just the right amount of blur to emphasize the action that was occurring.

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.