For thirty years, New York photographer Mark Weber has been on the lookout for photographs that walk the fine line between street photography and voyeurism.
More than thirty years ago, as a taxi driver, he began chasing moments and stopping them in time. He started photographing urban life in 1978, and since then, city life in New York fascinated again and again. In his black and white photographs, he presents both the dark side of the city, such as violence on the streets and the homeless, as well as tender moments, such as stolen kisses on the streets of New York and walking together in Central Park.
The photographer says that his work is inspired by questions about who these people are, what they do and why. Only with the "bright side of the city", with photographs of couples in love, does he not question this, but only tries to capture romance and happiness. "With happy people, I don't worry about why they are happy," says Weber. He collected his photographs in several books, the last of which bears the title Urban prisoner (in translation: Urban Prisoner) For thirty years, Mark Weber has been walking a fine line - which some call art, while others call it pure voyeurism. Which side do you see in his photos?
