the narrative - matt o’sullivan

i love street photography; its randomness, it’s nondescriptness, it’s anonymity-ness, …yeah. It’s a beautful thing. perfects strangers, the glares, sneers, smiles, laughter. the homeless, the well-to-do, the uptown girl, the downtown boy, the children, the elderly. the playing, fighting, sharing, swearing. there’s a lot to see if you’re willing to look.

with that intro, i’d like to welcome the newest member of our photography blog community, matt o’sullivan of thenarrative.net  .

“hello, my name is matt o’sullivan and this is my photoblog. thanks for dropping by and i hope you enjoy the pictures.”

what is this?

this is me walking around toronto and elsewhere, taking pictures of whatever catches my eye, and keeping busy as a photographer. i started this site in march 2004. mostly everything here was posted within a few days of taking the shot, but sometimes i post random things from the past, or stuff from a roll of film that i find behind the peanut butter.

what do you mean, “the narrative”?

there’s no actual intended “narrative”, it’s just my life and whatever i feel like posting. i registered the domain years ago for a whole different reason, and when i started a photoblog it seemed like a good fit. if you happened to end up here because you searched for “narrative” or “narrative photography”, welcome! apparently Narrative Photography is an academic term, with courses offered at finer schools everywhere.

how does this site work?

there are a few ways to look through the various entries:

you can see a bunch of thumbnails of all the photos so far here. 2 (warning: too many thumbnails for one page, really - your browser might get cranky). or, you can view the thumbnails sorted by month here. 0 you can also view all the pictures from the last seven days on one page here. 2

at any time, you can click on the left side of the picture to see the previous picture, or on the right side to see the next one.

i try to post one or more images every day, but sometimes i don’t. often i’ll post a bunch of images on one day.

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