Everyone in a Hurry but Him

June 21, 2026

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Colour street photo on Henry Street, Dublin: a man in a red jacket sits on a grey utility box with a yellow electrical hazard sticker, raising a hand to his face, while blurred shoppers walk past; shop signage reads "JABES INTERIORS", "BAGGY", "ne House", "FONE CONNECT Sales.Repairs.Accessories", "EX", "Authentic Italian Gelateria", "Gi", and a digital screen reads "BOR READ"

Colour street photo on Henry Street, Dublin, in strong sunlight: a man in a red jacket sits calmly on a black utility box with clasped hands as blurred pedestrians and long shadows cross the granite paving; signage reads "FONE CONNECT Sales.Repairs.Accessories", "EX", "ne House", "Authentic Italian Gelateria", "Gino's", and an Aperol Spritz advertisement with "CREPES WAFFLES COFFEE"

The man in the red jacket became my anchor the moment I set up. Henry Street on a sunny day is a river of people. Shoppers, buskers’ audiences, lads cutting across to Gino’s for a cone, and a slow shutter turns all of that into smears of colour and ghostly half-people mid-stride. But he just sat there on the utility box, hands clasped, watching the world rush by at a blur while he stayed pin-sharp.

Aperture	ƒ/22
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/4s

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