This couple of private security guards were watching very carefully the crowd passing by. Smartly dressed in their suits they looked as any business man in the city. Only the ear piece with the familiar spiral cable and their behaviour gave away their profession.
This young boy was playing violin in the Pitt Street Mall. He was totally ignored by everyone passing by. I see all sort of buskers trying to make a dollar by playing music and selling their CDs, but to day I think I have never seen any of them so ignored by the crowd as this boy was.
This woman was selling The Big Issue magazine. Nothing unusual about it. What has struck my attention however was the space around her. She was an island among the crowd of the Pitt Street Mall.
A small lunchtime scene from Sydney. Never ending river of people in the CBD - getting their lunches, doing shopping and general business. Seeing that many young faces amongst this crowd it is hard to believe this country has people shortages and has to entice families with monetary rewards to have children.
The worrying man with his face in his hand, sitting on the bench was who I was really photographing but by the time I framed the photo and adjusted focus I had a crowd of people in the view each with their individual expression and reaction to being photographed.
This week was a total disaster for Sydney City Rail. Firstly, an electrical storm on the Central Coast line caused delays for commuters in excess of three hours. City Rail stuff were totally unprepared for the situation. The replacement bus service took for ever to be organised and when the drivers arrived they have not been informed what happened and where to go. There were no City Rail officers at the bus stop to explain it to them or to communicate with the commuters. Conflicting announcements over the PA system could not reach the public, who were told to wait for the buses outside. The very next morning a tragic death accident caused even more delays for the commuters. Again, there were no contingency procedures to deal with the situation. A day later a gas leak at Epping put the timetables into disarray again. 30 minute delays, overcrowded platforms in peak evening hours. The photograph taken at Wynyard station shows Sydney commuters on platform 4 in temperatures exceeding 30C faced with a train, which arrived so full I doubt a single person was able to board it. And the week is not over yet…
This is world’s self proclaimed greatest hero: the Basketball Man. His bravery may have not shine during his act but his ball handling skills certainly did. He also made sure he had quite a crowd to admire his act before he commenced. His final act is to throw himself onto the balls and roll on them. This is much harder than it looks. All in all good fun. You can find more photos from this street performance in the Basketball Man photo gallery.
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