Shooting from the hip

Street shots on the sly

Mina

19

Sydney, Australia

Artist, Photographer, Curious

The Shooting from the Hip project

This project grew out of my desire to capture real people doing real things. City folk, commuters’ shoppers, office workers the people I saw every day but didn’t see. I wanted a moment in time that I could go back to, where my path crossed someone else’s, and then diverged again. I began to roam the city streets with different cameras and set ups but always shooting from my hip literally and metaphorically. A lower view of life if you will, from waist level.

After several hundred captures I began to look at these shots and I saw that I had lots of pictures of women. I do find the female form more pleasing. But it made me realise my desire now was to share them. I thought I needed to get these shots out there for other people to see, to enjoy or to be disgusted by. I wanted other people to indulge or acknowledge my voyeurism. And so the websites were born,

www.flickr.com/photos/shootingfromhip/

shootingfromhip.posterous.com/

shootingfromhip.tumblr.com/

Linking, feeding and eating each other like a tangle of snakes. A point in time where you dear reader and I cross paths electronically rather than physically. They will grow and bloat I am sure, but for now they are my children and I must feed and nurture them.

I am thoroughly enjoying the experience and hope to continue until I get bored or I get arrested…

Mina