One of the many fascinating truths about all photography, not just street photography, is that it is often possible to assert with absolute truth and confidence two statements which are at first sight mutually incompatible. Here's a pair to be [...]
One of the many fascinating truths about all photography, not just street photography, is that it is often possible to assert with absolute truth and confidence two statements which are at first sight mutually incompatible. Here's a pair to be [...]
Street photography obviously requires a camera; and the easiest way to get used to carrying your camera on the street is, well, simply to carry it on the street. But – here's the trick – don't take pictures of people. [...]
The camera is dead. No, I don’t really believe that statement, but let us continue with this sentiment as a “thought experiment”. To be clear, I am not talking about the long-proclaimed death of the compact camera. Surely that corpse [...]
Look straight down the camera lens, the street will do the rest: Street photography and branded advertising Image credit - Nick Turpin A series of photographs in fleeting microseconds of the present, and just as suddenly, the past? An electric [...]
Jill Freedman And Everything That’s Wrong With Street Photography
Michael Ernest Sweet, 20th June 2017
Image credit: Jill Freedman When I recently sat down to watch the exclusive Jill Freedman interviews, available here on StreetPhotography.com, I was not really prepared for what followed. Not only did I end up realizing that I absolutely love Freedman’s [...]
The answer to this question may not be easy to pin down. Generally speaking, no, it is not worth the investment. However, a lot depends on why you are pursuing a degree in photography and what you hope to gain [...]
There has been a lot of celebration in street photography in the past decade. Let’s face it, the genre is on fire. There’s also been significant discussion regarding the issues and shortcomings faced by street photography, including in my own [...]
Many of us may be familiar with the concept of found poetry. It is a common enough phenomenon in literature, but for those who are not familiar it’s the idea that one “finds” groupings of words and rearranges them into [...]
Introduction Street photography is on fire, to say the least. But, is any of it actually any good? More importantly, is any of it of any consequence to the art world? Can street photography survive as a genre in a [...]
Many people run out and buy a camera and then hit the streets. This is okay, and you might even get lucky and make some great photographs, but know that being an artist, at least in the traditional sense, is [...]
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