A New Year, A New Project / by John Ritchie

Viewers of this site currently see two bodies of work: Night’s Quiet Light and Their World, Our World. The first is all about night, and dark, and quiet, while the second is about people, primarily street photography. I’ve decided to marry the two in a new project that I’m calling “Night Life” until the project shapes itself into a better title. Its goal is to show lively night and people as they are at night. A prime example is “Street Party,” a photo I took a few years ago.

Street Party

Street Party

Toward that end, I’ve been going out at night, shooting handheld, trying to capture the type of energy and life I see out there. I’m experimenting technically, artistically and thematically. Here are several photos showing what I’ve been coming up with. Some of these might better be characterized as “studies” rather than as finished art for the gallery walls, but I’m pretty happy with what I’m seeing so far.