Hahnemühle Daguerre Canvas. 14″ x 25″inches (or 17″ x 25″ inches with a title).
Hahnemühle Daguerre Canvas. 14″ x 25″inches (or 17″ x 25″ inches with a title).
The humidity was stifling that day in early May. My body was tired and my eardrums were sore from all the ambiance of the carnival. I was experimenting with a cheap lens in poor condition that lacked any redeeming qualities. Luckily, after walking around a bit in the heat, this opportunity came into frame.
I am not a portrait photographer by any means, but this ended up being one the best photographs I’ve ever taken. Many thanks to fisherman Larry Brown bagging fresh conch. He was the only one who allowed (or was indifferent to) me hanging around snapping photos.
Throughout the Caribbean, and more widely, Commonwealth, police dress in their former British colonial era khakis or whites. This shot was taken during a brief respite from COVID lock down.
A man looks at Long Cay from the western edge of Arawak Cay.
Looking at the eastern entrance to Nassau’s Harbor.
I think this man was taken by surprise to see me in street clothes with a cheap, off the shelf consumer-grade camera, so interested in him. This was taken on West Bay Street along Saunders Beach. I walked from the house to get this shot, as the roads had been blocked off by the police and parked cars filled every conceivable spot, including my neighborhood.