Photo of the month for April 2023 by Gustavo Minas, as voted by BME members.
Some words from Gustavo about the photo:
“Of course Istanbul has always been on my wishlist, so I got very excited about the invitation from @istanbul_street_photo_festival to attend the festival, alongside my BME fellow Barry Talis. The day I took the photo I was teaching a private workshop, and the weather hadn’t been good the whole afternoon, so we were more chatting and having tea than shooting. Then early evening we got to Eminonu and spotted this scene. At first I thought it was a bit too obvious, but decided to give it a try anyway. I took 6 or 7 frames, but wasn’t very happy with them, until a gust of wind came and blew her dress, and I think this is what makes it. Danis, my student, took some good shots of the scene as well, but he had a wider lens on, so everything is in focus, and the woman eating corn is looking back at the couple.”