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These photos were taken during my first year on South Street. They represent 0.1% of the portraits I've taken. Curating them took hundreds, if not thousands, of hours. Enjoy.

A mother smiles down at her baby, who wears a rainbow knit hat in a front carrier, in an aisle of the Whole Foods supermarket on South Street. A man in an orange jacket and matching sneakers sits on a blue bicycle outside the Lit & Company storefront on South Street. A woman with blue-tipped hair and glasses laughs in front of the mosaic walls of Philadelphia's Magic Gardens. A woman in a hijab and rust-colored dress holds hands with a young boy in a dark robe on South Street at night. A mother in a yellow jacket and bike helmet rides a cargo bike with two young children in the front box. A Mummer in blue satin, an orange top hat, and painted face laughs at a sidewalk table on 2 Street after the New Year's Day parade. A family of four poses on the hood of a parked car, with the father feeding his toddler daughter a spoonful of ice cream. Two sanitation workers in red caps and reflective vests stand with their cart at a South Street crosswalk. Two tattooed friends embrace and laugh in front of a black, white, and neon-green eye mural. A couple kisses at the counter of a pink-and-yellow Ishkabibble's Philly cheesesteak spot on South Street. Four young children in dresses and sandals line up in front of a colorful geometric mural. A smiling couple with their young son, who wears matching black, outside the storefront Status shoe store on South Street. A couple rides in a red vintage convertible past Greek restaurant South Street Souvlaki. A father holds a toddler in a green knit hat while the mother smiles beside them on South Street. A woman in leopard print poses with her hand on the shoulder of her daughter next to a "Lady Love" sign on South Street. A father carries his young son on his shoulders inside a Whole Foods supermarket on South Street. Both are smiling. A woman with long red hair laughs with her phone in hand inside a brightly lit store. A man with a gray beard and gold sunglasses tips his Phillies cap, leaning on a cane in a Phillies t-shirt. A parent kneels at a South Street crosswalk with a laughing toddler in an orange helmet on their back, scooter beside them. A young family of three shares a meal in a corner booth at Philly cheesesteak restaurant Ishkabibble's, with the child grinning between the parents. Three young sisters in bike helmets giggle on the front of a cargo bike, the smallest holding the handlebar. A couple laughs mid-embrace under pink and purple lights. A family shares a pizza on the sidewalk in front of a shuttered storefront, the toddler pointing up at the sky during a 2024 solar eclipse in Philadelphia. A young man in red pants lifts and kisses his partner on the sidewalk outside a South Street hookah lounge at night on Valentine's Day. A man with locs and a black cap holds a Starbucks iced coffee with his arm around a laughing woman in pink. Two young brothers hold ice cream cones outside the pink Scoop DeVille storefront on South Street. A young couple kisses on the sidewalk, she in a black band t-shirt, he in a black beanie. A young boy in a striped shirt laughs as a pink cockatoo perches on a man's arm above his head. A woman in orange sunglasses and mustard pants sips a drink in front of Status shoe store while holding her long, waist-length hair with her right hand. A Philadelphia police officer salutes from a booth at a South Street pizza shop, a tray of food with a Philly cheesesteak and an orange soda on the table. Two small children laugh in a red stroller on South Street, one eating a water ice with a spoon from a Rita's Water Ice cup. A bearded man with tattooed arms in a "YPAA University" tank top stands on the sidewalk outside Milkboy on South Street, and next to a Jim's Steaks sign. A young woman with long red hair in a pink "I Do All My Own Stunts" t-shirt poses inside a candy and ice cream store on South Street. A child in a Spider-Man costume raises both arms from the front box of a cargo bike as their father pedals down the street. A man in a tan jacket kisses a woman seated in her power wheelchair on the sidewalk on South Street at night. A young couple smiles together in the aisle of a convenience store, his arms around her from behind. A woman in a bright yellow abaya and hijab with a pink handbag crosses the street in front of a wrecking-ball mural. Five young men sit together on a bench outside the pink Scoop DeVille ice cream shop on South Street. A little girl in a headband and retro green pants flashes a peace sign on the sidewalk outside a South Street storefront. A man with glasses, a beard, and a blue t-shirt looks into the camera under the purple lights of a shop. A woman with pink hair, pink glasses, and full-sleeve tattoos in a pink dress sits at an outdoor table. A mother smiles down at her baby, who looks at the camera from a sage-green wrap on her chest. A couple kisses under string lights inside a South Street bar, she with red hair, he in a black cap. A man with face tattoos and a tan cap covers his face with a ringed hand, laughing. A woman in a black chef's cap and gloves smiles from behind the counter of South Street Philly cheesesteak restaurant Ishkabibble's kitchen. A family of four sits on a curb beneath a mural of a smiling child holding a mug outside of Milkboy bar on South Street. The two kids are in red and yellow raincoats and the parents are in green. A laughing woman leans back into a man in a green A's cap and denim jacket, both holding drinks, at night at Fat Tuesday bar on South Street. A tattooed man in all black crouches beside his young son in a purple headband on a South Street sidewalk. A young woman with copper bangs in an oversized denim jacket smiles softly on South Street. A couple in Philadelphia Eagles gear smiles on South Street, he in a number 1 Jalen Hurts jersey, she in a green Eagles sweatshirt. Seven women in hijabs and winter coats stand together smiling inside the entrance of a South Street corner store. A man in a gray vest and hoodie stands in front of a gold vintage Pontiac sedan in the middle of South Street at night. A woman taps on a window as a calico cat reaches up to her paw against the glass from inside. A man dressed as Wednesday Addams in a long black dress and braids stands on a South Street sidewalk on Halloween, a boy with a balloon beside him. A woman with a black bob and bangs sips a drink through a straw while side-eyeing the camera. A smiling man with a mustache and gray beanie holds a bouquet of red roses on South Street at night. A man in a "Cash Only" t-shirt kisses the forehead of a woman in a floral hijab, seated together against a greenery wall at Room 148 Lounge on South Street. A family of four on a South Street sidewalk, the two young sons in helmets on scooters, Dad in a button-up shirt and blazer. A mother in a Phillies cap laughs while holding her daughter in pink, whose hair is tied in bows, on South Street. A man in a yellow "Funcle" T-shirt sits on a yellow three-wheeled motorcycle outside Ishkabibble's cheesesteak shop on South Street, a group of police officers walking behind him. A man in an LA cap holds a smiling woman in a cream sweater close inside a South Street shop, her ring hand on his chest. A Philadelphia police officer crouches with his young son and partner in front of a police SUV on South Street. A woman with braids and glasses cradles her baby, dressed in white, on a South Street sidewalk at golden hour. Nine men stand together outside a smoke shop and an ice cream shop storefront on South Street, one seated in a pickup truck tailgate on the left. Two friends laugh on a South Street corner, one in a rainbow skirt, the other in a sunflower cardigan with teal hair. A tattooed man kisses a woman with long black hair, her engagement ring catching the light, on South Street at dusk. A father in a Phillies jacket crouches beside his young daughter in a red dress and leopard jacket as she makes a funny face. Two men pose while seated on a crate and chair in front of a shuttered South Street Market storefront with an "Irish Food, Souvenirs" sign. One is wearing a tan T-shirt, and one is wearing a white T-shirt. The man in the tan T-shirt flashes three phones like they're playing cards in front of his face. A couple leans cheek to cheek across a table of cheesesteaks and fries at Ishkabibble's on South Street. Four workers stand beside their box truck on South Street, one flashing a peace sign. A young girl with beaded braids sits on her father's shoulders in front of the Engine 11 fire station mural on South Street with her hands on his cap. A boy in a gray beanie and red gloves holds a snow shovel on a snow-covered South Street sidewalk. A woman with platinum hair crouches to hug her Doberman on the sidewalk outside of Milkboy bar on South Street. A large family crowds into a booth at Ishkabibble's on South Street, a baby in the center and food covering the table. Two women in black tops laugh together on a South Street sidewalk, one in a floral off-the-shoulder top. A bearded man in a Colorado Rockies cap and a vintage racing t-shirt smiles under neon lights on South Street at night. A grandmother hugs a giggling little girl in a green coat and cat-ear headband in a laundromat doorway. Five Philadelphia Water Department workers pose by their utility truck on South Street, one flexing their bicep. A woman with long curly red hair laughs up at her French bulldog, dressed in a yellow raincoat, held in her arms. Two young men laughing arm in arm inside a South Street corner store, one in a black turtleneck with his eyes squeezed shut. A woman with her locs tied up in a topknot scrunches her face in a big grin, wearing a fur-trimmed winter coat. Santa Claus hugs a young girl in front of a tall Christmas tree on a brick plaza. Two Yorkies in pink sunglasses and matching outfits peek out of a pink carrier held by a woman on South Street. A toddler in a black puffer coat and boots walks towards his father on a South Street sidewalk. A woman in a purple vest smiles from behind the counter of a dry cleaner, garment bags hanging behind her. A man in a Public Enemy t-shirt and green wristband holds a Nikon film camera up to his eye on South Street. A young woman kisses her friend's head under blue and purple lights inside a South Street bar. A man in a black balaclava and jacket sits on a pink and blue bicycle in the middle of South Street. An elderly woman wrapped in a gray shawl talks on her phone while standing in a narrow street strung with lights by Mexitalian Restaurant on South Street. A boy in a red hoodie and blue shorts stands at the open bay of the Engine 11 firehouse on South Street, a fire truck behind him. A young mother in a Barbie t-shirt kisses the cheek of her baby, wrapped in a blue blanket, on South Street. A couple smiles down at their laughing baby in a front carrier, the father in a Phillies cap, on a South Street sidewalk. A father in purple pants crouches beside his young daughter in a pink tracksuit, both make peace signs with their hands in a pose on South Street at night. A father and his toddler daughter in a strawberry dress sit on a pink bench outside of a South Street ice cream shop called Scoop DeVille. A woman with freckles and glasses laughs while holding her small white dog, who is also smiling, on South Street. A man in a black-and-white varsity jacket sits in his wheelchair on the South Street sidewalk, traffic lights behind him. A young woman with a full afro laughs behind her hand in a Michigan State sweater on South Street at night. A woman in round glasses is wrapped in a hug from a man in a black beanie inside a South Street shop. A woman in a maroon jacket with a fur collar throws up two rock-and-roll hand signs inside a South Street smoke shop. A grandfather in a winter coat and his young granddaughter pose for a photo on South Street, with the granddaughter pushing a shopping cart along the sidewalk. A woman in a Barbie t-shirt and pink jacket laughs, seated on a stool inside a Painting with a Twist on South Street. An older couple smiles at each other inside a South Street hat shop called Newsboy, with many caps stacked behind them. A woman with a natural afro in a leopard-print coat looks at the camera under South Street neon at night. A man with face tattoos in an orange camo bucket hat and blue button-up smiles on South Street. A woman with curly blonde hair kisses a man while holding his face outside a Starbucks coffee shop on South Street. Four men stand together behind the counter of Little Italy pizza shop on South Street, one in a "Little Italy" t-shirt. A young mother crouches beside her daughter in a plaid dress at a South Street crosswalk, both smiling. A punk couple in studded vests and pins poses in front of the Theatre of Living Arts marquee on South Street before a show by rapper and singer, Teezo Touchdown. A man in a double sombrero, pink sunglasses, and a suit jacket makes a shocked face with both hands on his cheeks at outdoor café seating by Whole Foods supermarket on South Street. A woman in a white cat-ear hood with pink lining, lace-up top, and facial piercings looks into the camera posing for a portrait on South Street. Six children and their grandmother smile together in a tight group inside a Domino's pizza shop on South Street. A mother in a beaded necklace and her curly-haired son squeeze their eyes shut laughing, cheek to cheek, inside an ice cream shop on South Street. A young man in a maroon suit and gold tie smiles with his eyes closed outside a South Street shop. A shy, laughing young woman in black holds her foil-wrapped nails over her face, seated at Boutique Nail Cafe, a spa and nail salon on South Street. A man and laughing woman with red curls eat the crusts of pizza slices at Lorenzo and Son's Pizza on South Street. Two friends smile arm in arm on South Street, one in an olive puffer vest, the other in a red varsity jacket. A young couple in a yellow hat and pink top holds their newborn baby, wrapped in a blanket, outside a blue South Street laundromat. An older woman in a black floral dress sits on the steps outside a South Street smoke shop waiting for the bus, a paper bag of groceries at her side on the steps. A man in a backwards cap and white tank top crouches with a cigar in his mouth beside his muscular brown dog at the back of a van. A mother kisses the cheek of her toddler daughter in a pink jacket on a South Street corner. Five Philadelphia Gas Works construction workers in orange safety vests and hard hats pose at a dug-up section of South Street sidewalk, one standing in the trench. A woman in a red Budweiser crop top and khaki skirt poses in the doorway of a Jim's Steaks Philly cheesesteak shop on South Street with her arms posed on the frame of the doorway. A mother with tattooed arms crouches to hold her young son, who has a happy smile and points up at the sky on a South Street sidewalk. A couple kisses inside a South Street shop, she in a lavender tank top, he in a patterned button-up. Two friends in puffer jackets hold cups of ice cream in front of their faces inside a Frozen Rolled Ice Cream shop on South Street. A couple laughs together holding cups of Ice Cream from Frozen Rolled Ice on South Street, he with long hair and a cap. She is wearing a pastel green shirt. A woman in a white dress leans into a man carrying their young son on his shoulders on a South Street sidewalk. The young boy is playfully trying to poke his father's eye, while the father laughs, and the woman looks up at the son smiling. Five women and a little girl hold pizza boxes outside Lorenzo and Son's Pizza on South Street. A young boy in red reaches out to pet a gray pit bull on a leash while his family watches on a South Street sidewalk. Two women rest their chins on their hands at Copa Banana bar on South Street under pink string lights, one in a colorful patterned dress. A man in a gray t-shirt and cap sits on a step with his black-and-white dog, who looks straight at the camera. A mother in a floral suit and tall suede boots holds hands with her young daughter in a pink coat on South Street. They are both smiling, with the daughter posing by making a peace sign with her hand. A family of three smiles on a South Street sidewalk outside Golden Empress Garden Chinese restaurant, the young daughter in the middle flashing peace signs. A couple in matching purple "Queen" and "King" hoodies stands together on South Street. A man in glasses and a Hawaiian shirt poses with his arm around a silver mannequin on South Street. Two friends hold frozen daiquiris up to the camera under the Fat Tuesday sign on South Street. A man in a denim jacket and sherpa collar cradles his small Yorkie on a South Street sidewalk. Five friends pose at the mosaic staircase arch of Philadelphia's Magic Gardens on South Street. A group of young men on dirt bikes and a purple ATV pose in front of Dobbs on South Street. A father in a white trucker hat laughs with his baby daughter, wrapped in a pink plaid blanket, on South Street. Two men pose outside Danny Jewelry on South Street, one in a wheelchair in a coral sweatshirt, the other in black. Two friends hug and laugh on South Street at night, one with long red hair, the other in a green top. A father in a hoodie pushes his baby in a stroller across a South Street crosswalk in front of Vegas smoke shop. A family of three, the mother in a pink shawl and the daughter holding a bouquet of flowers, stands together on South Street. A couple smiles cheek to cheek on South Street at night, he in a red Sixers jersey and White Sox cap. A woman at a sidewalk café table by Whole Foods supermarket on South Street holds the paws of her cream-colored poodle mix, who stands on hind legs. A curly-haired man in glasses laughs as his partner presses her forehead against his neck, smiling, on a South Street sidewalk. A woman in a straw hat and tie-dye skirt walks a golden doodle past the Starbucks on South Street. A couple shares a passionate kiss under a streetlight on a sidewalk in Philadelphia, the neon sign for Snipes flagship store on South Street in orange behind them. A family of three walks through a South Street corner store, the toddler in a stroller looking straight at the camera and one of the parents wearing a "Hustler" T-shirt.
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