The Weekly Street Photography Thread #7 02/01/2025

The Weekly Street Photography Thread
Welcome to the street photography weekly thread. Today I have an early start for our weekly thread. I am now writing in Istanbul Airport while waiting for my connecting flight. I hope the next few days will bring me luck and light:)

We start it on Fridays. We are hoping to get your images and hear what other members think about them.
It is open to all members of the forum; members can post a single image or a selection of images on a theme in a single post. Multiple posts are allowed.
What constitutes street photography has always been debatable. There are several opinions about it, and we do not want to restrict participants. You can post whatever you deem fits into the genre; however, please be prepared to hear criticism as well.

Guidelines:
1. We aim to increase the popularity of street photography and encourage our fellow photographers to be more interested in the genre.
2. Give your photo a title and include any other information you think is relevant. I personally love to know why you made this photo, what attracted you to make it, and why you like it. But this is NOT MANDATORY.
3. A single image or a theme-based group of images are allowed. No multiple posts, please.
4. If you post an image, that means you are ready to hear feedback.
5. We want to hear your thoughts about others’ posts.
6. Please keep all posts civilised and polite.
7. Unless specifically stated otherwise by the original poster, please do not modify the images.

The Day Off. Hong Kong.
Domestic workers and nannies. Mainly from The Phillippines.Many of the women are working to look after their own children back home. On their day off they gather under bridges and other public spaces. Lots of card playing and simply resting.

Restaurant from outside

The streets of Monhegan are dirt and rocks but they are still streets.

These two are putting bait bags in lobster traps, preparing for the start of the season the next day. Monhegan is a little like the old musical Brigadoon. It changes so slowly. Life there is much as it was 100 years ago. I go about every 3 years for Trap Day. Over about a 10 year period, when I got off the ferry, these two were in this same place doing this same task. Last time, though, the guy on the right wasn't there. He is an artist, and had found a way to move on from lobstering and relocate to the mainland.