A varied number, full of surprises: a New York you've never seen, thanks to photos by Dimitri Mellos, the crazy and fascinating Sydney of Julia Coddington, Dhaka seen by the young and talented Abrar Asad, discovered by Progressive, the shades of Glasgow by our David Goold, full of intelligent humour, the social Berlin with a thousand faces, always different, by Carsten Osterwald, and finally the fascinating project of our Siddhartha Mukherjee.

IN THIS ISSUE

Understanding life through photography Street photography is my way of telling people to pay attention; pay attention to the beauty and magic of everyday moments that happen all the time, all around us. Unfortu- nately, most people are too absorbed in themselves, or too absorbed in the little screens of their phones, to actually open their eyes and look around. The message I want to convey through street photography is this: open your eyes — be interested in the world, not in yourself. - Dimitri Mellos

I love street photography Another reason I love street photography is because it doesn’t require sophisticated and heavy equipment, and you can do it anywhere. I have also discovered that as a woman, I have an added advantage and power as a street photographer, because my invisibility enables me to get very close to subjects and work a scene without being noticed. - Julia Coddington

The Story Initially, I used my cellphone for street photography, yet soon switched to a DSLR because I wanted to be serious. This switch in approach allowed me to better respond to the expressions of people on the street: from joyous happiness to overwhelm- ing sadness. Every moment offers a potential story — if we remain open to the possibilities. - Abrar Asad

Shades of Glasgow It was during my trips to London that I developed an interest in street photography. My Scottish-born landscape style adapted to suit London’s modern architecture, bustling, expensive streets and attractive, exotic faces. Humorous advertisement juxtapositions and coffee shop window clichés abounded in my attempts to record the slick, fast-moving world around me. Everything is fine in that affluent world; not so in Glasgow. Of course, Glasgow has its large international stores like every Western city. And Glaswegians stare out of Starbucks’ windows just as Londoners, Parisians and New Yorkers do. - David Goold

I love Berlin You can go to the same place 20 times in Berlin... you will never experience the same situation or see the same person... and that is exactly what Berlin is all about! - Carsten Osterwald

Reflections on City Life - Canto II As part of my ongoing project, Reflections on City Life, I continue my exploration of the intermingling of urban envi- ronments with their inhabitants, using double exposure film photography, across different cities and cultures. - Siddhartha Mukherjee

And pics by: Jim Darke, João Coelho, Takaaki Ishikura, Snehasish Bodhak, Delfim Correlo, Theodoros Topalis, Frans Kemper

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Dimitri Mellos was born in Athens, Greece, but since 2005 has been living in New York City. He is a self-taught photographer who works mainly on long- term, self-initiated projects. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally and has garnered several prestigious awards and accolades, including being a Finalist for the Magnum Expression Award and the Visura Grant, and a Juror’s Pick at the Lensculture Magnum Photography Awards. In 2019, he was featured in the book Masters of Street Photography (UK, Ammonite Press).

Julia Coddington is an internationally recognised street photographer from Australia. Co-founder of the Unexposed Collective (with Rebecca Wiltshire), an online platform featuring Australian women and non-binary street photographers. She is also an administrator of @womeninstreet, a growing international community of women street photographers.

Abrar Asad (30 running, unmarried, MBA running) works at Ericsson's project Under 20cube logistics Ltd, a telecommunication site. He lives in Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh, a developing country, as he called it.

David Goold A full-time geologist and lunchtime photographer interested in many photographic genres. Scotland. UK-based, his passion lies in street photography.

Carsten Osterwald born in 1965 in Berlin, currently lives in Baden Württemberg. For photography he commutes constantly between Bangkok (Thailand) and Saigon (Vietnam). The trained project manager has been working part-time as a street photographer for over 15 years. Some of his pictures won international competitions, were printed in magazines and were exhibited at the Photokina.

Siddhartha Mukherjee is an avid street photography enthusiast. Originally from India, he got drawn to this style of photography during his bachelors in engineering around a decade ago. He has been constantly experimenting with his street photography style and approach over the years.He uses both digital and analog photography for his work, and greatly enjoys developing and printing in the darkroom. By profession, He is a scientist/engineer, and recently graduated with a PhD in Chemical Engineering from TU Delft, the Netherlands, where he worked on simulating turbulent emulsions

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