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John Fraissinet's photostream
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"Looking to capture the Art in everyday life"

I've been posting a lot on Google+, if you're there also I'd love to add you to my circles. You can find me here: plus.google.com/108855274112594118541/posts
So, I started as a traveler who took pictures. I did a lot of observing. More than 10,000 miles were on a bicycle. Not much to do but observe. I'd stop and take a shot.
I was at the Louvre museum in Paris at the Mona Lisa... the crowd was thick and I couldn't get close enough for a photo. I realized the experience was the crowd, not the painting. It was like a light bulb went off in my head (flash bulb?)
I became more aware of atmosphere and mood. As I took more shots, the point became as much the photography as the travel. The type of pictures I liked to take evolved.
So, now I live and work in the New York City area and I've been focusing mostly on street photography. While I occasionally slip in a landscape or artistic shot, life on the streets intrigues me and offers great challenges. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
You can see more pictures and read my photo blog at my website at www.StreetObservations.com.

Please do not use my photographs without explicit approval from me. The finest are available at www.JohnFraissinet.com (others upon request). Thanks.
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- ABC-visualized 8,742 photos, 414 members
- Shoot the Street 33,714 photos, 1,180 members
- NYCphotowalkers 212 photos, 50 members
- The Street Photograph (Black and White Street Photography) 15,497 photos, 796 members
- artland 334,245 photos, 25,187 members
- EXISTentialism -- Emotions, People, Portraits 33,738 photos, 1,400 members
- Tough Street Photography 4,161 photos, 595 members
- Street photography - http://www.street-photographers.com 7,588 photos, 2,253 members
- 1 ONLY ONE PHOTO - SOLO UNA FOTO 2,354 photos, 1,496 members
- Slice O' Life shots 11,537 photos, 309 members
- The World Through My Eyes - Monochrome Mondays**OPEN** 2,853,813 photos, 85,767 members
- Landscape 615,139 photos, 46,185 members
- Canon DSLR User Group 1,797,613 photos, 103,992 members
- Schmocus gets in your eyes 1,206 photos, 203 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 476,388 photos, 80,035 members
- People Watching 149,773 photos, 5,449 members
- Photos taken with an Apple iPhone 504,428 photos, 28,167 members
- Bokeh: Smooth & Silky 726,377 photos, 49,850 members
- Favorite Street Pictures 70,521 photos, 6,034 members
- !!Perfect Composition!! 267,699 photos, 8,278 members
- ...-Wink's Place-... 186,503 photos, 3,538 members
- Manhattan Street photography 37,250 photos, 1,522 members
- Streets in Colo(u)r 8,396 photos, 1,357 members
- hello, stranger. [a street photography group] 17,544 photos, 4,080 members
- Life in Black & White 397,676 photos, 17,339 members
- Gothamist 139,788 photos, 3,226 members
- Photofocus 47,608 photos, 6,612 members
- MY WINNERS - Winner for Winter CONTEST! Insect CONTEST open! 888,009 photos, 86,671 members
- People in Black & White 352,463 photos, 23,312 members
- Flickr Photographer Profiles Blog 150 photos, 2,012 members
- b&w street photography (no portraits, no color tints) 595 photos, 1,267 members
- Street in B&W 28,614 photos, 1,129 members
- Street Composition (Fine Art Street Photography) 41,287 photos, 2,170 members
- EDWARD HOPPER an ode to the artist 3,363 photos, 851 members
- Artistic Photography 1,339,549 photos, 56,009 members
- Street 100views+10favourites 1,305 photos, 267 members
- restaurant-murals 1,142 photos, 180 members
- *****Street Photography***** 178,725 photos, 6,873 members
- **The Street Photography Society** 69,414 photos, 2,999 members
- Philadelphia Street & Documentary Photography 14,341 photos, 794 members
- ! B&W - The Art of Photography (P1 C1 If You Wish To) NO SEPIA 172,261 photos, 9,803 members
- "THE EXTRAORDINARY PHOTOGRAPH" 17,979 photos, 2,658 members
- "LEGENDARY PICTURES" 1,874 photos, 1,553 members
- Photography Magazine, I Heart 158,427 photos, 9,860 members
- Flickr's Coolest Photographers (Public) 25,702 photos, 932 members
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- A Better B&W Group 174,419 photos, 5,884 members
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- Art in Black and White 83,767 photos, 7,546 members
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Testimonials (3)
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Photos by Enzo D. says:
"I've never been to New York City and my idea of this city was based inevitably on Woody Allen’s “Manhattan”. Since I follow John’s photostream, my representation of New York has changed through his photos.
Through his camera, the formless crowd that he encounters every day becomes something interesting, people turn into actors, expressions, colors and lights catch our eye.
In John's photography, it all makes sense and you can realize it even more by reading his blog "Street Observation". He is able to stop the moments of everyday life with grace and discretion, slowing the rapid flow of life in New York and giving us the opportunity to watch with him small and meaningful moments that would otherwise be lost."21st December, 2010
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Aster-oid says:
"People who are lucky or unlucky enough to know me in person also know that if there's one city in the whole world I 'm absolutely obsessed with it's NYC!
As I grow older and older, big cities don't do it for me any more - but not New York... New York still does it for me and always will! It's a city full of life, a refreshing, rejuvenating experience in itself, and John Fraissinet has been steadily capturing the essence of NYC life in his pictures. The very soul of the city that never sleeps, regardless of seasons and regardless of the time of day, is right there: in these pictures that John is generous enough to share with us on a regular basis!
After all, a place - a city, an island, a village - is mostly its people, the way they live their everyday lives, the way they walk around, their smile or the stress reflected in their eyes, a gesture here and there, a look, a pose, an attitude at the restaurant, at the theater, at the bus stop.
When we visit a place, this is what stays with us forever afterwards: the people! And John's pictures are full of people, New York people... His pictures come alive with the people in them - or is it that people come alive in John's pictures?
In a few words, if you can't be in New York or if you can't visit the city, visiting John's photostream is quite possibly the next best thing! I should know: that's what I do, until my next trip!
Thank you, John!"11th December, 2009
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Sion Fullana's photography says:
"Simply put: some of the best New York street photography you may find on Flickr... amazing eye!"
25th May, 2009
- Name:
- John Fraissinet
- Joined:
- June 2006
- Currently:
- New York, NY, USA
- I am:
- Male
















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