Great minds think alike!

Since I first came across it in my earlier photoblogging days years ago, I have been following Zishaan Hayath’s photography at his blog Point and Shoot with great interest. I recommend you hop over there and take a look at his work, frequently distinguished by fine use of bold color with a strong focus on street photography.

The other day Zishaan dropped me an email pointing out the remarkable similarities between one of his pictures and one of mine, and here they are, compared with his permission.

Zishaan’s version – 5th Avenue, NYC 2007

My version – off Market Street, San Francisco, 2009

Remarkable, huh? Who knows, maybe some deep memory of his picture implanted itself in my brain – I have no recall of seeing it before – and triggered my right index finger at the magic moment?

Thanks, Zishaan.