Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question
Oh, do not ask, ‘What is it?’
Let us go and make our visit.
– T. S. Eliot

Streets have appeared in literature describing emotions felt, art displayed, struggles experienced, performances captured, political movements observed, and the list is never ending.

Fictional images of Sesame Street, Coronation Street, Diagon Alley and others have influenced our imagination since childhood and continue to do so into adult life.

Small children, as soon as they realize their talent for drawing, will come up with pictures of streets in them. Unfortunately, it is a different story for kids living on the street.

During my travels, whenever I am on the street, images pop up from every direction. I wish the camera could capture them all. A selection of what was captured is shown in the gallery and it is amazing to see what the street offers.

The Old Town streets of Marrakesh with kids playing soccer, the ancient cobbled streets of Jerusalem and Damascus bearing striking resemblances to each other, Cienfuegos (the Paris of Cuba) displaying its architectural splendor with a blend of the new and old – all tell us that the old order changes not necessarily to reject or destroy the past but mold it into new forms.

Street art displaying murals in London, faces on the poster in Pyrgos, Santorini, abstracts of watchful eyes in Berlin, displays of the past glorifying order, Cuban street art displaying suffering, a mural in an alley in Marseilles capturing the essence of a port city, an eternal cry to stop war – these attempts to portray a social message have chosen streets to be the platform but with what success?

Only if the streets could talk!!