Busking pitch n° 3 Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is another shot from a recent weekend trip to London, and a very typical sight if you travel on the Underground - buskers. People playing music to the people passing by and making their living - or at least earning a bit extra - that way. On the right you see a plague saying "busking pitch n° 3" meaning that this is an official site for playing, and this young man has paid his dues to the Underground authorities to receive permission to play here on Saturday evening. Like so many other things, what used to be spontaneous has become organised business in our society.

Cropped, resized and sharpened for the web.

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nwoehnl (120) 2004-11-21 9:40

Interesting candid shot of the subway musician, Per. Details and colors look good, and I'm glad you managed to avoid using flash (as it seems). Well captured. I wonder if the guy was turning to his right at times during the performance, if that's the case you could have tried stepping further to the left and capture him more centered against the billboard with the stage lights, creating more of an on-stage impression for the guy himself.

Spoony (3539) 2004-11-22 5:00

Agreable daily life shot! interesting and funny too ;)
Well done Per. This photo shows your sensibility for tis kind of things.

jhm (83276) 2004-11-22 7:45

These singer do still something for its bread, also this is not ordinary gone, Per, people give however always something, but others will not photographed. I this itself, and itself has experienced what scolds. The colours and the sharpness is perfect and lovely.