Italians in an old shoe box

looking after years in some old shoe boxes with photos, I found out, that always human interest was more important for me than skylines of houses, plants or sundowns. A small pocket camera was always by my side – still a bridge to what I felt years ago, when at first I was hit by the magic of the situation – can you understand me?

all photos by frizztext, click on the images to enter his flickr photo stream

big = 3
small:

1 - reading the newspaper
2 - watching ice cream
3 - little girl in a gallery
4 - father and daughter going to school
5 - difficult cigarette lighting
6 - fast talk
7 - working with hot stuff
8 - waiting in a railway station

discussion:
Ricki said on February 22, 2012 at 10:50 am:
I never dare to take pics of people or I ask them and the magic of the moment is gone then.
Reply by frizztext February 22, 2012 at 11:05 am:
if I ask a person for a portrait, the topic completely changes; for example analyze 3, 7 and 8: the tensions between sex (on photos or paintings as a part of a modern iconography) vs. the reality check: a child, a worker, a waiting man …