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The Photographic Signature of the Street Photographer in Six Stylistic Characteristics
Johnny Mobasher, 23rd April 2025

The Photographic Signature of the Street Photographer in Six Stylistic Characteristics Author: Drs. M.A. van Mens, Amsterdam/Netherlands This article explores street photography and the concept of a "photographic signature" through systematic research on monographs. The author identifies six key stylistic [...]
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Is It Worth It To Shoot Street Photography with Film in 2024?
Michael Ernest Sweet, 8th September 2024

Is It Worth It To Shoot Street Photography with Film in 2024? By Michael Ernest Sweet I’m sure we have all noticed by now that analog photography is experiencing a real renaissance. I say real because it has turned out [...]
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No More Of These Street Photographs!
Michael Ernest Sweet, 2nd August 2024

No More Of These Street Photographs! I get it, it’s hard not to copy. Making art is often about copying. However, we also need to push ourselves beyond merely copying. We must push boundaries and visual paradigms and innovate if [...]
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Was Cartier-Bresson Really That Great of a Street Photographer?
Michael Ernest Sweet, 19th July 2024

Was Cartier-Bresson Really That Great of a Street Photographer? By Michael Ernest Sweet Once again, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Decisive Moment is set to re-release in a new version this September from Thames & Hudson. The new edition is smaller, more affordable, [...]
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Famous Classic Cameras and the Street Photographers Who Used Them
Michael Ernest Sweet, 9th July 2024

Famous Classic Cameras and the Street Photographers Who Used Them By Michael Ernest Sweet A camera is a tool - a means to an end; the photograph. That said, it is still a tool that is intimately connected to the [...]
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Hints On Survival In Street Photography
Michael Ernest Sweet, 15th June 2024

Hints On Survival In Street Photography I’ve called this “Hints On Survival In Street Photography” to pay homage to the essay “Hints on Art”, which I will quote throughout this piece. “Hints on Art” was originally published in 1889. You [...]
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Will There Be Another Garry Winogrand?
Michael Ernest Sweet, 29th May 2024

Will there be another Garry Winogrand? The answer, no. No matter how hard some eager, young, naive, film-shooting, Chinon-wielding street photographer tries, they will not become the next Garry Winogrand. This is not to say that someone can’t achieve success [...]
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Photo London 2024
Zelda Cheatle, 17th May 2024

PhotoLondon in Somerset House has now entered its 9th iteration. Primarily a commercial arena for galleries to show and sell their work, the Fair also functions as a platform for new and emerging talent in the Discovery zone. This is [...]
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The Leica Q3 & Street Photography
Andy Blackmore, 5th November 2023

The Leica Q3 & Street Photography  My god how I agonised as I ummed and ahhed over how to say this; what on earth would people say. Should I pull my punches, or give just it to you straight? But enough of [...]
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Thomas Wells On Street Photography
Zelda Cheatle, 13th June 2023

WORDS & IMAGES BY OUR GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER, THOMAS WELLS. Thomas Wells on Street Photography For want of being mentioned in the same breath as the masters, one has to become their work, so there is no longer any separation between [...]
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