On Wednesdays, particularly when it's damp and wintry, Portobello Road is transformed. It's not the impassable horde of foreign tourists that it becomes on Saturdays.
It's a market for locals, where people pass the time eating lunch outside a takeaway shop...
...or snoozing on a delivery truck...
...or having coffee at Coffee Republic.
A few stray shoppers check out the bright scarves, inexpensive pajama pants and London souvenir t-shirts.
The produce vendors, amid everything from potatoes and onions to pomegranates and lychee nuts, have time for some friendly banter.
A Japanese camera crew seizes an opportunity to stage a fashion shoot on the relatively empty street.
And the market recharges, getting ready for another crowded Saturday.
This is the photo essay I shot yesterday for my photography class. We had to include photos of five different types: an establishing shot that tells the overall story (top), a detail shot (pomegranate), a portrait (the woman through the scarves), a "moment" (the sleeping man, the man with the coffee) and a relationship shot (the women walking together, the produce sellers, the Japanese camera crew).
Great montage, Steve! And the pomegranate is fantastic! I hope you frame that --
ReplyDeleteFantastic.
ReplyDeleteI don't see foreign tourists, just the suburbans, at Eastern Market on the weekends. It's hard to share a beautiful space with foreigners!
Ah, those Virginia suburbans aren't really foreigners are they?
What Elizabeth said! ditto!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun assigment! Boy, if I were to do it it would look ENTIRELY different. I guess that's the fun of it.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! You've accomplished your assignment and given me a mini-vacation all at the same time.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great assignment. I enjoyed reading it.
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