Smell the street

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<p>"If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph” - Bruce Gilden</p>

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<p>A photograph you think the street can be "smelled" in. </p>

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<p>Grainy Film Filter</p><div></div>

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<p>Washing a Back Alley</p><div></div>

<p>Nice Louis, I can smell it from here.</p>

<p>Too literal?<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17246427-md.jpg" alt="Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival 2013" width="680" height="455" border="0" /><br>

<br /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17737633-md.jpg" alt="Sugar cane for Thai new year" width="679" height="453" border="0" /></p>

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<p><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3061/2847027783_a3b690d7af_b.jpg" alt="" /><br /><em>Downtown Los Angeles, in the Industrial District</em></p>

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<p>Old damp stone & vegetation in a Port City</p><div></div>

<p>Can you smell the stout beer on tap?</p><div></div>

Duane, I guess summer came to St. Johns on a Monday this year...glad to see you were able to

get out and enjoy it.

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<p>The street of garland makers, Pondicherry India.</p><div></div>

<p>Zanzibari pizza being prepared at Fordhani Gardens (Leica MP, 35mm Summilux, Tri-X)<br>

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<p>I'm sure every photographer will agree with me when I say that web-resolution JPG images do not do justice to a photograph. I've been playing with the audio-visual medium and I find that showing certain sections of a photo first, sections that I want you pay attention to and then zooming out to display the whole photo adds to the whole experience of "smelling the street" as a viewer, especially if you also record and overlay some ambient sound like I did here: