A single roll of Tri-X and a broken-down bus in Tucson

I was talking with my daughter about my old photos, and she asked why I never shoot people. I told her I like quiet streets and old things. She said, 'But the bus broke down because of people, right?' That stuck with me. Last month in Tucson, I used my last roll of Tri-X on a rusty bus, but now I wish I'd turned around and shot the mechanic who helped us. Do you ever regret not pointing your camera the other way?

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thompson.tyler1mo agoTop Commenter

What about the people who fix the quiet things?

rivera.susan1mo ago

Yeah exactly, @thompson.tyler. I mean the people who fix the little creaks in floorboards or the tiny rattle in a car door. The stuff you only notice when it's gone. My old fridge had this quiet hum that just stopped one day, and the repair guy said a wire was barely hanging on. Felt like a wizard for fixing a sound I didn't even know was a problem.