{"id":6117,"date":"2022-06-25T09:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T07:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/25\/you-see-somebody-washing-a-window-stop-and-look-melissa-breyers-best-phone-picture\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T09:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T07:37:35","slug":"you-see-somebody-washing-a-window-stop-and-look-melissa-breyers-best-phone-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/25\/you-see-somebody-washing-a-window-stop-and-look-melissa-breyers-best-phone-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You see somebody washing a window, stop, and look\u2019: Melissa Breyer\u2019s best phone picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York photographer on the mystery deli worker daydreaming while she worked<\/p>\n

Melissa Breyer has never met the woman she shot in the window of a Brooklyn deli on her morning run, but she considers the image something of a self-portrait. \u201cWhen I first moved to New York,\u201d she says, \u201cI was an artist who was also working in a restaurant to make ends meet. There\u2019s so much of that here: young women waiting for their lucky break. She depicted that time \u2013 of daydreaming and reverie, a moment of limbo before the next big thing \u2013 so beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Breyer describes photography as a blend of fiction and nonfiction, and \u201cas much of a storytelling tool as a novel can be. There are so many incredible backstories out there that we never hear about. You could see somebody washing a window and just jog by, as I did. Or you could stop, look, and see this beautiful scene. You could pluck one person out of a crowd and take away that anonymity for a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe New York photographer on the mystery deli worker daydreaming while she worked
\nMelissa Breyer has never met the woman she shot in the window of a Brooklyn deli on her morning run, but she considers the image something of a self-portrait. \u201cWhen I first moved to New York,\u201d she says, \u201cI was an artist who was also working in a restaurant to make ends meet. There\u2019s so much of that here: young women waiting for their lucky break. She depicted that time \u2013 of daydreaming and reverie, a moment of limbo before the next big thing \u2013 so beautifully.\u201d
\nBreyer describes photography as a blend of fiction and nonfiction, and \u201cas much of a storytelling tool as a novel can be. There are so many incredible backstories out there that we never hear about. You could see somebody washing a window and just jog by, as I did. Or you could stop, look, and see this beautiful scene. You could pluck one person out of a crowd and take away that anonymity for a moment.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York photographer on the mystery deli worker daydreaming while she worked Melissa Breyer has never met the woman she shot in the window of a Brooklyn deli on her morning run, but she considers the image something of a self-portrait. \u201cWhen I first moved to New York,\u201d she says, \u201cI was an artist …<\/p>\n

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