Zave Smith Photography

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around A grad student at UPenn, a barista in South Philly. A smile that caught my eye. I just noticed how many of my subjects work in coffee shops.. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around At 92, with a broad smile, Charles Cannuli was still working behind the counter of Cannuli’s Poultry in Philadelphia’s 9th Street Market when I met him last summer. We shared a few stories, some of which might be true, about work and parenting. While his son now runs the store, it is a multi-generation endeavor providing the best fresh poultry to their customers in South Philly. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around I’ll be honest.? I don’t remember this fellow’s name but I do remember our conversation. While he enjoyed working as a butcher his heart yearned for something else. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography?

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around Wally went to Saint Joseph University and had an offer to work as a sales representative for a major pharmaceutical company but his family’s green grocery business was his true calling. Six days a week, you can find him on the corner of 9th and Washington chatting with customers and selling the best produce in the 9th Street Market. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography?

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around Jesus was a man of big dreams.? While growing up in Mexico he dreamed of coming to the U.S.? Once here he worked hard to learn the restaurant business so that he could one day open his own place.? When I first wandered into him, he was sitting on a short stool washing windows.? I thought he was the busboy, not the owner.? His smile caught my eye and we began to talk. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography?

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around I met Louvra while wandering in the 9th Street Market. Middle aged and proud, she had worked as a TV producer, Writer, Artist and was now working in a Bottle Shop. She was the type of person who never hesitated to reinvent herself. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around I was wandering on East Market Street In Philly, when the bright purple craziness of this “smoke shop” caught my eyes. This immigrant from the Middle East proudly wearing his New York T-shirt was more than happy to share a laugh and a story. I need to get better at recording these tales. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography #visitphilly

Random Encounters People I have met while wandering around The Black Hills of South Dakota. Two Vets with two motorcycles and one shared memory from years ago that still haunts. Often the toughest looking people are the sweetest souls. https://lnkd.in/emuGffp7 #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography

Radom Encounters People I have met while wandering around I wish that I could remember her name, I am a terrible note taker. I do remember the wonderful conversation we had about working at the Reading Terminal Market. She found that meeting so many people from so many places to be fascinating. It also helped that her store had amazing clothing and jewelry. https://lnkd.in/ejmVZ3Vd #travelphotography #commericalphotography #editoralphotograpnhy #portraitphotography Reading Terminal Market

A City Runs on Infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/gD7xpq5R. #philly #subway @septa_social #editorialphotography