Street photography is an incredibly rewarding and grateful activity. The physical exercise of walking and sometimes literally chasing an image, the felt excitement, the unexpected encounters with beautiful strangers and fellow human beings that are, as Henri Cartier-Bresson used to put it, consenting victims, it all is rewarding enough. The photograph is just the bonus.

Van Gogh on Steroids: experiencing the Hockney Exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.

It's fascinating how true value is created by simply applying oneself with passion and love for whatever it is we are doing.