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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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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Learning To Do Street Photography

Learning To Do Street Photography

Landscape photography is a wonderful photographic genre. It’s what most people graduate to when they’re first attracted to photography as a serious art form. Landscapes have the distinct advantage of staying still while you shoot pictures of them. There are other satisfying...

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Shooting Street

Shooting Street

People who are paid to shoot pictures are called “professionals.” People who shoot pictures because they enjoy shooting pictures are called “amateurs,” a word that derives from the Latin word “amor:” “love.” There’s a tendency to look down on amateurs because as...

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