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A little town by the Sea

This is the last of the Barcelona photos, finally… there was one more day in the city, but it was mostly filled with goodbyes and collecting all the souvenirs I’d bought, all the things scattered throughout the apartment, and getting to the airport. It was a really good trip. These are actually of a little seacoast town about 50km south of barcelona, called Sitges. Not a bad little place. Nice beaches (not the best in the world, but whatevs, I wasn’t there to swim). good food, cheap accomos. Would Sitges again. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0008.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0009.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_little_town_by_the_sea/631/0010.jpg’ /> </div>

These are sort of more street photos, I’m realizing, but I was setting out to document something specific. Tourists are sort of weird. I mean, I totally was one, too. But You could tell tourists from natives at a glance. Not just the cameras or the different-than-local fashion, but the way they move and cluster. They pose for photos, they’re always a little tired and seem a little put-upon. Everything about them says “I’m not at home here.” <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0008.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bcn_tourists/632/0009.jpg’ /> </div>

I guess you could say this was me at my most self-indulgent. I feel like the people that most like street photography are its practitioners. There’s no lasting connection with the individuals that are photographed. It’s just moments, instant reactions, nothing more, but nothing less. Still, since I do this for myself, and I like them, I’ll still make these photos when I can. There’s an isolation that people feel in crowds like the sidewalk; in that isolation their faces are an unselfconscious, unaffected expression of what they’re thinking. So there is something to these photos, if only to show (shout) the depths of one moment, in one time and in one place; so much going on at once. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barcelona_street_scenes_1/633/0008.jpg’ /> </div>