While walking through some narrow alley-ways in Barcelona, I came to a point where I could either turn left or right. But the light coming in from above, paired with the graffiti on the shutter in front of me was interesting. So I waited for someone interesting to pass through the viewfinder of my X-Pro2. A few people moved in and out of the frame, including girls that couldn’t make up their mind which way to go, or couples out for a stroll. But if you wait long enough something interesting will happen.
Suddenly these two guys walked through the frame carrying a large TV and I knew at that moment that I had the frame I had been waiting for. It didn’t occur to me until much later that there is a great shot by Magnum photographer Abbas in his ‘Return To Mexico’ book that has a similar picture. Now I couldn’t have predicted these guys would walk into my frame, so no copying occurred. Abbas has the best shot of course as it has a better TV and the dog is the icing on the cake. But I do like my Barcelona shot too.