Market Street quick-draw shooter gets a solo show

Among the crush of morning commuters walking along Market Street, Troy Holden is disguised in his hoodie, hands in its pouch.

To get a truly candid image, Holden has to be able to pull out the camera, slide open the lens cap with his thumb as he raises it and press the shutter button all in one motion with one hand, before the moment is lost.

“I do try to be fast, either to get an absurd moment or an interesting interaction or gesture,” says Holden, 41, who is best known on Instagram as @troyholden.

The show’s title, “Colorful Streets,” derives from the fact that Holden has switched to color from black-and-white to better match the colorful characters who catch his eye.

To get the 25 images for the show, Holden worked six days a week for a year, which is a squeeze because he is still an amateur, self-taught.

During his morning commute, Holden is at the intersection of Fourth and Market streets, where, hustling along the sidewalk, he crashes into people emerging from the BART station.

First posted on Instagram, the image got 1,600 likes.

[...] his followers are only viewing the photo on a tiny screen.