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Inspiration – Education – Representation
It wasn’t that long ago when photography was a roll of film that took hours to develop in a dark room and, as a result, few people took pictures. Today, with the ascent of digital photography and the ubiquity of the smartphone, almost everyone has turned into a happy snapper!
A few frames, or even several thousand ‘selfies’, however, does not make you a star of street photography – a genre historically known and practiced by comparatively few people.
Around twenty years ago, street photography started to really sit up and get noticed. It was, of course, in the late 90’s that the first wave of consumer-focused digital cameras arrived – surely not a coincidence. Like the invention of the “Leica format” film (35mm), the digital camera, complete with its increased mobility, inspired a whole new generation of street shooters.
Now, armed with their instant-review digital cameras, a new generation of street photographers suddenly seemed to be everywhere. At the same time, the hardcore pro-shooters who, buoyed by the ease of home printing and publishing, started to loosen their grip on film and embrace the new technology as well. As a result of all of this, the photo sharing phenomenon boomed and continues to do so! StreetPhotography.com is here to help you, the street photography enthusiast, navigate these crowded waters.
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Latest Interviews
Street Dreams : The Street Photography of Melissa Breyer
Street Dreams : The Street Photography of Melissa Breyer She stares out at the neon. It says 'Milk' and is reflected on the window. The 'Watchwoman' is feeling her way across the transparent wall as she polishes the glass. A [...]
Signs of America : John Conn’s Street-cum-Documentary photography
Signs of America : John Conn's Street-cum-Documentary photography. His is the sweep of time. The unseen changes in the creeping vicissitudes of existence and the people on the street. He is an outlier. 'Stranded' the sign says, the piercing eyes, [...]
LA Stories : The Street Photography of Jake Michaels
LA Stories : The Street Photography of Jake Michaels The colours are warm and subtle. Glowing orange, warm yellows, browns and reds, often crossed by mysterious shadows. His photographs are studded with cars and buildings that help frame the narrative [...]
The Shock of the New Tech and Who We Are : The Thoughts and Work of Street Photographer Richard Koci Hernandez
The Shock of the New Tech and Who We Are : The Thoughts and Work of Street Photographer Richard Koci Hernandez I like the sound of – interconnectedness. It has a ring to it... like global. The idea that the [...]
In Conversation With Peter Ydeen
How did you get involved in photography, initially? My formal education was in painting and sculpture. I did teach myself to develop black and white while an undergraduate and had many friends who were photographers in grad school, but I [...]
Unique Ways of Telling : The Work of Street Photographer Artem Zhitenev
Unique Ways of Telling : The Work of Street Photographer Artem Zhitenev. You have to be imaginative. The visual world, after all, is significant. It is a geographical, historical, economic, social, and political - the five forces as I call [...]
Latest Editorial
Sign of the Times : Street Photography and brands, by design or accident.
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Photography During the Pandemic Part 3
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Photography During the Pandemic Part 2
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Latest Book Reviews
The Shadow Knows by Lee Friedlander
The Shadow Knows by Lee Friedlander Review by Michael Ernest Sweet The Shadow Knows, a new collection of work by Lee Friedlander, is one of those books of photography that makes you say, out loud, “Gee, if only I had [...]
Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer
Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer Review by Michael Ernest Sweet Henri Cartier-Bresson is a name like no other when it comes to street photography. After all, HCB is often credited as the “grandfather” of the genre. Although HCB was, unquestionably, a key [...]
Book Review: Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Images
Book Review: Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Images By Michael Ernest Sweet I am often skeptical about books that claim to be authoritative. Can any one writer actually distill the 100 most iconic images in all of street [...]
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