What Makes Street Photography Work?

What Makes Street Photography Work?

“Street photography” is a wildly misleading term to describe what its practice tries to accomplish. Landscape photography has to do with landscapes. Nature photography has to do with birds and beasts. Photojournalism has to do with journalism. Fashion photography has to do...

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The Role Of Documentary Photography

The Role Of Documentary Photography

Documentary photography is a medium that is at odds with itself – and can lead photographers to be at odds with themselves. On the one hand, such images can be seen as intrusive and exploitative because they can profit from the misery...

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Diamante, City of Murals

Diamante, City of Murals

The seaside village of Diamante is situated on Italy’s western coast in the province of Cosenza, part of the Calabria region of southern Italy. It looks out over the Tyrrhenian Sea with Sicily in the distance. (If you visualize Italy’s “toe of...

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Photographing Is Nothing – Looking Is Everything

Photographing Is Nothing – Looking Is Everything

Henri Cartier-Bresson, arguably the most influential photographer of the twentieth century, said: “Photographing is nothing. Looking is everything.” This is a very wise statement that a lot of people ignore. Photographers tend to get wrapped around the axle on equipment, which is...

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On Meaning In Street Photography

On Meaning In Street Photography

It’s autumn in New England and Luis goes out into the countryside with his camera, hoping to photograph something beautiful. It’s not long before he finds what he’s looking for. There, against a distant, still mostly green hillside is a mixed stand...

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