Inwood, 213th Street at Tenth Avenue

Mary Sargent © 2006

One of my friends doesn’t like the cars in my photos. She feels that they get in the way of the things she's more interested in seeing. I feel exactly the opposite. I really like the cars, both conceptually (they’re part of the city) and compositionally (shapes and colors). I was looking at this photo and wondering if I would have used it if there had been no cars parked in front. Maybe, but I kind of doubt it. I’m curious as to what the rest of you think, not just about this photograph, but cars in my photographs in general.