Publication Forward from Walking Distance My Philadelphia
Written by Arlene Love

All the photographs in this book were taken between 2003 and 2015, within walking distance of where I've lived in Philadelphia. My camera goes with me when I walk out the door to go on my usual errands and to neighborhood events. | don’t wander into strange neighborhoods or look for a particular type of subject. Wherever | am there are people, and wherever there are people there are pictures to be taken.

 My pictures are always candid. I want to catch the unguarded moment when people are within themselves and feel invisible. The split second click of the shutter records a fact but does not necessarily tell the truth. The reality experienced by the person in the picture, the story seen by the photographer, and the event interpreted by the viewer may be three different realities.

 Susan Sontag said that the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's lives. Sometimes I wonder about the ethics of stealing people’s images; but on the other hand, it helps us to see our own connection with the humanity of others.

 “The real journey of discovery consists not of seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

—Quote by Marcel Proust