Rain-Slicked Reverie

Photo Essay, Street Photography, Urban Photography, Narrative, Fine Art Photography, Leica SL3, Heart Transplant, Gratitude, Inspiration

Last week, on a particularly rain-washed morning, when the streets of the Cross and Potts Point glistened, I too a walk, camera in hand, no destination in mind—only a desire to listen to the city breathing through puddles, reflections, and people moving like poetry between downpours.

There is something cinematic about this pocket of Sydney in the rain. The old-world architecture, once flamboyant and decadent, wears the weather like a tailored coat. Awning-covered cafes exhale steam. Neon signs flicker like half-remembered dreams. And all around, the palette shifts: soft pastels blur in the mist, deep blacks absorb the gloom, and sudden bursts of red and yellow pepper the scene like punctuation in a whispered story.

Potts Point becomes a mood rather than a map. The lines between glamour and grit blur here—the elegance of iron balconies sitting beside the defiance of graffiti-tagged alleyways. Kings Cross still carries a pulse of nocturnal mystery, but it feels older now, as if time has slowed in reverence to its own history.

This photo series captures that dance between light and shadow, intimacy and anonymity. Some images rest in colour, others insist on the starkness of black and white—each frame a brief surrender to the rhythm of the streets and the secrets they keep beneath the rain.

:: Rand

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All images are copyright Rand Leeb-du Toit, 2025