Scilipoti's lens peers back through time

" ... That’s what photography does: It puts a hold on time. It lets us get a fix on our yesterdays and the things we were feeling long ago, and maybe connect them with today. That’s what makes Thomas Scilipoti’s work so wonderful. Since the 1940s, he’s been out there in the streets of Baltimore, trying not to be noticed, trying not to get in the way, waiting for the right moment to snap his shutter — and giving us an enduring archive of memories." Read on.