Traffic and Streets
by Rowell Timoteo
Every day, the constant agony of commuters during rush hour at this time is inevitable. Looking through the window glass of our car, I captured the flow of time during rush hour on the roads of Metro Manila when we were on our way home to La Union. As my curious eye saw the wandering movement of everything around me, I slowly reached for my camera to get my rhythm to blend with the speed of our car while preparing my eyes for the gifts of the streets that I could unravel in that fraction of time. I saw different flashes of urban reality. Unsettling crowds, weaving traffic jams of cars, and people crossing in between—chaos is converging in the streets of Manila.
The stress of the traffic jam at that time allowed me to connect visually with the surroundings and people outside of our traveling car.
