They stand motionless, deep in thought, looking nowhere in particular, absorbed in conversation or on their mobiles. The groups of people that Florian Bohm photographs in the streets of
Manhattan in his new series Wait for Walk are all caught in a mini-time warp, waiting for the WALK signal. In his large-format portraits, the sidewalk becomes a stage on which the pulsating
activity of the metropolis comes to a standstill for a brief moment. The rhythm of the flow of traffic sets the tempo, creating ephemeral constellations and momentary group images that form
spontaneously. Florian Bohm is mostly unobserved when photographing, exploiting the time window of passing cars, so that the flow of traffic becomes the shutter curtain. Moments of great
authenticity are the result. As precise records of events, the pictures provide riveting glimpses of human individuality and non-verbal communication, for all the anonymity of the protagonists.
It is the great spectacle of life, performed only when the city holds its breath for a moment.
