Sixty Thousand Images and Nowhere to Put Them

This article explores the author's personal journey as a street photographer with over 60,000 images, delving into photography as a form of time travel and ultimate art. It contrasts software engineering with photography, emphasizing pattern recognition and tangible reality. The author defends the Leica M Monochrom, arguing that capturing only luminance reveals form, light, and geometry beyond color. While reflective, the piece ties photography to technical perception and artistic discipline, relevant to IT/technology through its discussion of image sensors, luminance values, and creative process parallels to coding.