Charles Taylor, a local street performer, serenades the passers by as they visit the busy shopping district of Carytown in Richmond, Virginia. Every weekend, he spreads joy and music with his renditions of Sam Cooke’s gospel and love songs and promotes his new CD on street corners and outside shops and restaurants. Mr. Taylor sang as this environmental portrait was taken on March 20, 2022, for a photojournalism class assignment. 
Photograph by: Leah Purdy
Fujifilm X-T4, ISO  160, 18-55 mm,  f/4.5, 1/350 sec.