Streets Without Borders

"People living their everyday lives fascinate me."

- By Jeff DePonte

"People living their everyday lives fascinate me. I photograph to experience a heightened sense of consciousness, to transport myself deep into another world. Photographing on the street helps me see the extraordinary in the ordinary and helps me more fully experience a place. I'm passionate about documentary photography. I crave encounters, no matter how brief, with people and sharing photos as a way to memorialize those moments. I strive to capture people's spontaneous, un-selfconscious actions in their everyday lives. I agree with Jan Schlegel in this respect: "I found a way to communicate with people from different cultures. It is all about trust, using your eyes, body language, and your very being to exude trust and respect".

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One camera, one lens, black and white, square format. Before I left for Phnom Penh, I decided on the general form of the work. The images were all composed in square format, not cropped after the fact. What you see is what I saw. My camera is dead quiet. For me, Fuji is the new Leica. These subjects rarely knew that I made an image and worked very closely.