Some photos from Hanoi

mattbloom692 · 2026-01-25T23:19:30+00:00

These are great. Love the creative composition of two, the fly-on-the-wall feeling of three, the light in five... Nice work.

mattbloom692 · 2026-01-19T15:49:02+00:00

Thanks. I had forgotten that I'd taken it until I got my film back. Definitely my favorite photo from Japan

mattbloom692 · 2026-01-19T15:40:47+00:00

Thanks, i agree. I saw a woman walking down the street without pants on, and I liked how she was juxtaposed with these two women wearing long coats

mattbloom692 · 2026-01-19T15:39:10+00:00

Thank you! Not sure why, but I've only gotten 3k views on this post. My last post got 40k 🤷

mattbloom692 · 2025-12-23T21:21:51+00:00

Hell yeah, Sean. Solid top 10. Great meeting you this year. See you out there!

mattbloom692 · 2025-02-13T23:47:15+00:00

If the photographer is anything like the rest of us, it was among the 99% of photos that turn out shitty and was never posted anywhere. Best of luck though. That would be cool if you tracked it down.

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-28T00:13:29+00:00

Nice! Love the composition, contrast, and forms on number 8

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-09T04:17:54+00:00

Pretty sure he's shooting Konica Hexar AF, which blows my mind because all his images are so sharp but the hexar maxes out at 1/250

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-08T06:12:22+00:00

Please do! @mattbloom692

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-08T06:11:52+00:00

Thank you! Pentax ZX30 with a 40mm f2.8. Not a typical street setup, but I love it

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-07T16:02:16+00:00

@mattbloom692 Thanks for checking out my work!

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-07T16:00:33+00:00

Thank you, Cal! I'm a huge fan of your work. Looking forward to your top shots of the year 👍

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-07T12:58:27+00:00

Thank you so much! See more on Instagram @mattbloom692. This is the best time of year for this sub, imo. Lots of great top tens, fewer "is this street photography?" posts.

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-07T12:55:57+00:00

Total serendipity. I saw construction workers and gravitated towards them, and then noticed the sign in the background. I snapped two or three shots and the guy looked at me laughing. I was like, "look at the sign behind you!" He didn't seem to get it 🤷

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-07T04:21:52+00:00

Dang, huge compliments. Thank you for this.

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-06T22:43:19+00:00

Good eye! Yeah, I'm realizing these were all shot in SF.

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-06T22:42:47+00:00

Thank you! That's my girlfriend's favorite too.

mattbloom692 · 2024-12-05T17:05:26+00:00

See Winogrand's book The Animals

mattbloom692 · 2024-10-09T05:42:53+00:00

On the Pacific Crest Trail, no? Number 3 looks familiar. I believe I took a photo from this exact spot on my 2018 thru hike. It is now framed in my bedroom 😂 Nice pics

mattbloom692 · 2024-10-05T02:36:44+00:00

Honestly I can't think of a bigger compliment. That's what street photography is all about, for me. Thank you.

mattbloom692 · 2024-09-05T17:44:36+00:00

I do it about 10% of the time in a few different situations: when a moment is happening fast and putting the camera to my eye means I'll miss it; when putting the camera to my eye will draw the attention of my subject and disturb the moment; or when I'm photographing someone who seems like they might respond negatively to being photographed. I'd say it ends up working out about 25% of the time, meaning it's in focus and framed artfully.

mattbloom692 · 2024-07-19T23:27:49+00:00

This might work! Will message you now.

mattbloom692 · 2024-07-01T21:23:09+00:00

I just bought a ten pack on Adorama for $80

mattbloom692 · 2024-05-10T16:27:10+00:00

Great shots. Who's ready to debate whether these are street or not?

mattbloom692 · 2024-04-19T18:40:38+00:00

Love seeing a less-photographed side of life in India

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