Talking and smoking

by Ted Szukalski
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This photograph of a young woman and a young man talking on their mobile phones and smoking a cigarette is all about symmetry. Not a mirror like symmetry but behavioural one. They both sit on a monorail pylon and I doubt they are aware of each others existence, and yet they are both doing the same thing. Having a break from work, catching up with friends and sadly smoking.
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Daily cache

by Ted Szukalski
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One of the most disgusting views I come across regularly: homeless people gathering cigarette butts. These are picked up from the street or more often from the rubbish bins.

Rosary and a cigarette

by Ted Szukalski
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This sight of a Rosary and a cigarette comes courtesy of one of the pilgrims attending the World Youth Day in Sydney. Is this the Holy smoke?

Smoke

by Ted Szukalski
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This photograph illustrates the air we have to breath while walking through the streets of Sydney courtesy of smokers. Every few meters people are having a cigarette and in most cases we do not see the smoke even if we may smell its choking fumes. It takes a big of sunlight on the right angle to show how much smoke a person exhales in a single puff.

PS: I know cigarettes are legal but they carry a lot of health warnings about the consequences of smoking them, so where is my right not to have to inhale this hazardous substance?

Deep Thoughts

by Ted Szukalski
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This beautiful Asian girl stood on the opposite side of the road to me waiting for the green light. Yet, I could clearly see being deep in her thoughts she was somewhere else.