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What do you see first?
What do you see first?

Doll in Backpack, New York, 2025 is one of 17 images shown at Photo London in 2025 as part of the ‘48 hours in New York’ project by Robert Watson. This essay discusses the process during and after the taking of the picture and what you DON’T see when you press the shutter.

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Should I press the shutter?
Should I press the shutter?

NYC Homeless Man, New York, 2025 is one of 17 images shown at Photo London in 2025 as part of the ‘48 hours in New York’ project by Robert Watson. This essay explains my thoughts on whether a picture should be taken or not.

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These essays on specific street photographs of mine may be an annoyance to those who are more eloquent with words than I am. I am a photographer, not a writer. The physical act of shooting a scene and bringing it to life in the darkroom is my obsession.