Should We “Pay To Play” In The Publishing World? By Michael Ernest Sweet More and more, I hear stories of photographers being asked to pay—often large sums of money—to have their work published. At first blush, we might assume these [...]
Should We “Pay To Play” In The Publishing World? By Michael Ernest Sweet More and more, I hear stories of photographers being asked to pay—often large sums of money—to have their work published. At first blush, we might assume these [...]
Street Photography Doesn’t Need More Rules. It Needs Better Photographs
Michael Ernest Sweet, 15th July 2026
Street Photography Doesn't Need More Rules. It Needs Better Photographs Every few months photographers gather online to argue about what is—and isn't—street photography. They're asking the wrong question. We attempt to define street photography, at least in part, because the [...]
Written by: Michiel van Mens Impressionism and Street Photography: A Shared Visual Language When I found myself standing in front of Max Liebermann's ‘Die Colomierstraße in Wannsee’ (1917), I noticed something that had never occurred to me before. I realized [...]
On Street Photography Vs Photojournalism Photojournalism and street photography overlap but are distinct genres. Photojournalism aims to document news and events with accuracy and context and just Sometimes it happens on the street. it’s primary duty is factual storytelling ( [...]
Is it possible to determine when a street photograph is “good”? Questions ! No answers please
Johnny Mobasher, 26th February 2026
Questions ! No answers please By Michiel van Mens Is it possible to determine when a street photograph is “good”? This question has occupied me for quite some time. In the past, I conducted extensive research on this topic and [...]
ADDING MUSIC TO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY I have recently been wondering about the merits of adding music ti Street Photography or Photography in General. One could even extend this to any image, fro example adding music to images of Sculpture or [...]
Street Photography, A Conceptual Continuity In Frank Zappa’s 1974 Super Album, Apostrophe, One of the Most Iconic & Lyrically discussed and debated Albums, in STINK-FOOT, a conversation between A Man & Fido, The Question Comes asked: What is Your Conceptual [...]
Street Photography and Social Documentary Photography are closely related but not the same. Lets talk about some of the key difference, in my view: Street Photography In general, the main Focus of Street Photography is Candid moments in public [...]
Which Are The Top 5 Cities in the World for Street Photography ( One View ) Classic & Clever Street photography at its best captures unposed, Candid, fleeting moments that reveal human behavior, culture, and the rhythm of everyday life. [...]
Martin Parr 1952 - 2025 & Street Photography Martin Parr 1952-2025 Parr became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1994, despite some internal controversy over his unconventional style. He has since published over 100 books and held major exhibitions [...]
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