The Art of Critiquing Street Photography By Michael Ernest Sweet Over the past decade I have judged more than a dozen street photography contests. In those contests, I looked at thousands and thousands of photographs. And yet, with all of [...]
Street Photography Has No Clothes I originally wrote the following essay for HuffPost back in 2015. At that time, street photography was exploding. The digiverse was drowning in street images, and a lot of them were not great. I proposed [...]
Street Photography Contest Guide By Michael Ernest Sweet When it comes to street photography contests, there certainly is no shortage of options to choose from. It seems like each passing week brings yet another contest to the table. In this [...]
The magic of ordinary people : The street photography of Harold Feinstein It is in that look. That glance from the man descending the stairs into the subway. Yes, he looks curious, but also melancholic and pained, and [...]
Major New Street Photography Documentary Set To Release Finally, after nearly a year of teasers, the feature-length street photography documentary, Fill The Frame, is ready for rental or purchase on Vimeo. This film, directed and produced by [...]
Sign of the Times : Street Photography and brands, by design or accident. The semantics of the street, as any street photographer will tell you, is fascinating. Street names, graffiti, poster ads for coming attractions, no loading here signs, no [...]
Photography During the Pandemic Part 3 By Michael Ernest Sweet In this, the final installment of this three-part series on photography during the pandemic, I want to discuss one last thing - making photographs! Let’s not forget this is still [...]
Photography During the Pandemic Part 2By Michael Ernest SweetIn this second installment of this three-part series on photography during the pandemic, I want to take a look at two more areas where you might make good use of your at-home [...]
Photography During the Pandemic Part 1 By Michael Ernest Sweet The virus gripping our world has ushered in a lot of change in short order. It seems like almost nothing is the same, even though many things are more stable [...]
The More Thing Change, The More They Remain The Same Michael Ernest Sweet As street photography grew in popularity, more and more camera manufacturers responded. Cameras were designed in an attempt to be more responsive and agile, as well as [...]