On Street Photography - Kaushal Parikh / Alex Coghe Street Photographer (Thu 31 May 2012)

Smile (1 of 2) - Pier 83 / 42nd Street / New York (Sat 13 Aug 2011)
Kaushal Parikh (*) On Street Photography:

Street Photography I feel is now the most challenging genre of photography.

Most photographers if sent to the Himalayas are likely to return with some spectacular images, but put photographers on a city street and the resulting images will most likely fail to inspire.

Capturing special moments in ordinary circumstances is not easy which is why we see an abundance of average street work online.

Technology and software are less important in a street photographers pursuit of the decisive moment.

Ten years from now new street photography styles may emerge but I hope there are as many photographers roaming the streets and documenting the evolution of life and society.

From an Interview with Kaushal Parikh from Indian Street Photography Collective-Thats Life (*) at Alex Coghe / Street Photography (*)

Smile (2 of 2) - Circle Line Ferry / Hudson River / New York (Sat 13 Aug 2011)

On Street Photography - Steven Rosen and Brian Sholis (Wed 08 Oct 2014)

SMASH THEIR CAMERAS - Newtown (Aug 2014)
Steven Rosen (*) writes Street Photography (*):

The mid-20th century was when street photography became well known, thanks to photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Garry Winogrand and others. Armed with unobtrusive hand-held cameras, they rapidly snapped pictures of passersby, searching for unstudied compositions [..]

Brian Sholis (*) continues:

In the 21st century, for better or worse, there are fewer people at home during the day and we’ve offloaded a lot of that ‘eyes on the street’ to surveillance cameras,

Steven Rosen (*) summarises:

At the same time, those cameras fill many with unease.

So 21st century street photographers are dealing with techniques and issues far different from their forebears

Brian Sholis (*) concludes:

What unites them is they’re incredibly attentive and able to reveal things that we might not otherwise see because the street is such a kinetic and dynamic place

via Street Photography in the 21st Century (*) by Steven Rosen (*).

Street Portrait (*) - Piccadilly Ciricus / London (Fri 12 Sep 2014)

On Street Photography - Chris Farling (Tue 17 Sep 2013)

Chris Farling (*) writes On Street Photography (*):

in general I think Street Photography (*) work should primarily convey the artistic sensibility and personality of its author.

from which Chris expands:

There’s something confessional and diaristic at the heart of Street Photography (*), hidden as it may be through a layer of visual abstraction. Also, I think that the process of navigating the ethical terrain that every street photographer must deal with is one that helps you mature as a person.

via Observe Collective Interview #2: Chris Farling (*) by Eric Kim (*).

Things forbidden us by the quickness of the moment, and the social constraint against looking ..

On Street Photography - TR Smith (Online Photographer - Tue 10 May 2011) ..

the most interesting images would likely come from breaking commonplace social conventions, and going where people do not often go, looking where people do not often look. [..]

that consists of paying attention to things that we generally pass by without looking at closely.

Things forbidden us by the quickness of the moment, and the social constraint against looking.

Random Recollection: We sat quietly on some steps in front of a large hall in Central Brussels to rest our legs and to watch the crowd pass by.

It was easy to spot the lady in the pink dress holding a can of beer - Brussels being the home of beer to many.

She circled rather randomly in front of us and then sat beside us. Unknowing to her, I snapped the following sequence of photos, which to me seem to capture some of the sentiments from the above quote.

Street Photography #1 - Brussels / Belgium (Wed 09 Sep 2009)
Street Photography #2 - Brussels / Belgium (Wed 09 Sep 2009)

Street Photography #3 - Brussels / Belgium (Wed 09 Sep 2009)

Street Photography - Jesse Marlow / Ray Edgar (Sat 09 Jul 2016)

street portrait - "A Little Bit of Red" - Broadway / Sydney (Sat 02 Jul 2016)

Jesse Marlow on Street Photography:

The essence of street photography is that it won't be the same in an hour's time .. It's about developing a style

via Has Instagram changed photography forever? CCP's birthday brings the present into focus by Ray Edgar.

Maybe I have developed my own style on the street? Something I will explore more with time.

On Street Photography - Reciprocity Failure (Thu 27 Feb 2014)

Street Portrait - Atochia Street / Madrid (Fri 09 Aug 2013)
Reciprocity Failure (*) writes On Street Photography (*):

Street photography (*) has always been about capturing the fleeting nuances that somehow coincide and create a sum larger than its parts in public view, for those astute enough to notice. The magic lies in the subtleties, not the obvious; learn to do it right, or move on...

via In Your Face- Photo Complaints III (*) by Reciprocity Failure (*).

Street Portrait (Detail) - Atochia Street / Madrid (Fri 09 Aug 2013)

Mark Cohen - Street Photography (YouTube)

Mark Cohen - Street Photography [Youtube (*)]
A bit of a preamble to this but it is worth the wait in order to see his working method on the street and the ensuing interview of which there are many great quotes On Photography (*). I have scribbled a few down here:

[..] They are snapshots and they are made in a very simple way. But the thing they see when they continue to look at the pictures, they start to see the closeness is one of the things they see. Some one is making pictures that are really close on the street and its that kind of taking the camera so close to the subject and making pictures and not in a studio way. in a flow of life on the street or field kind of way. And they see that closeness and that is the thing that gives the pictures there uniqueness and their agressive sort of character.

When you make an exhibit of this work, you walk around in a room filled with it and you see all these strange pictures. You know there is a certain excitement to it, There is a certain quality in that room about an artists mind, and an artists work that comes from the pictures and touches the viewer in some way. That's why it works. I don't know why exactly it works. A lot of physcological reasons, sexual reasons. A lot of things are going on in those pictures.

It is not some kind of exact analytical science going on here, its right on the edge of meaninglessness, but its in there and that is what makes it so fascinating.

It feels awkward for me to try to talk about my work, frequently. Once in a while I do it. I do a slide show and I describe how I take the pictures. Describe how I think they fit into things socially and formally, in the context of photography in America. Different kind of things.

You usually don't think about that kind of stuff. You dont think about that. You think about when you are taking pictures the most important thing is to get new pictures.

The pictures you already took, you already took those pictures. My main drive is to do something new. To make some new kind of picture. [..]

A copy of Grim Street (*) is on the way.

On Street Photography - Haris P / Eric Kim (Sun 23 Feb 2014)

Street Portrait - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Haris P (*) writes On Street Photography (*):

[..] tips I would give street photographers would be the following:

1. Search for the light (*),


2. Search for the place (*),


3. Search for the character(s) (*),


4. Wait for the moment (*)..

And if you find all these things– don’t be satisfied with mediocrity.

Not-ordinary photos are nice but not enough. Extra-ordinary (*) photos are your target.

via Photographs are Everywhere: The Extra-Ordinary Street Photography of Haris P (Xaris P) (*) by Eric Kim (*).

Joel Meyerowitz - Street Photography (YouTube)

Joel Meyerowitz (*) - Street Photography - YouTube (*)
A fantastic video of Joel standing on a street corner, probably somewhere up on 5th Ave (*), where he shows us how to work the street with a camera.

There are so many great insights into Street Photography here, I have transcribed his words and will put them here, in segments, over the next week or so.

Love his Peter Garret (of Midnight Oil Fame) like moves in the crowd as he moves around to find and capture the great street photos he always produces, even for this small demonstration video.

Red and Yellow (1 of 2) (*) - 5th Ave - New York (Mon 15 Aug 2011)

On Street Photography - Ella Rubeli (Fri 20 Nov 2015)

untitled - Hyde Park / Australian Life formerly Sydney Life (Fri 18 Sep 2015)

Ella Rubeli on Street Photography:

the act of street photography relies on the presence of forces that are beyond human control: light, chance, time.

via Two cutting edge photography shows at Monash Gallery of Art by Ella Rubeli.

Crossing - George Street / Sydney (Thu 28 Mar 2013)

Crossing - George Street / Sydney (Thu 28 Mar 2013)
Eric Kim (*) writes On Street Photography (*):

Know that in street photography (*) we have little to no control of how a photograph turns out.

via 10 Lessons Lee Friedlander Has Taught Me About Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).

Intersection - Shinjuku / Tokyo (Tue 18 Sep 2012)

Intersection - Shinjuku / Tokyo (Tue 18 Sep 2012)
Rei Shito (*) on her street photography (*):

With street photography, I can meet many, many people I’ve never seen, and hear their stories

via Japanese Street Photographer Rei Shito Branches Out to London (*).

An approach to street photography to aspire to. Have just added her stylefromtokyo blog (*) to my Google Reader.

On Street Photography - I Wonder If - Larrisa Archer (Tue 02 Apr 2013)

Untitled - George Street / Sydney (Sun 31 Apr 2013)
Larrisa Archer (*) on viewing Garry Wingorand's (*) current Exhibitiion (*) writes On Street Photography (*):

I'm wondering if even street photography (*) can be trusted to tell us anything beyond what is in the photographer's own heart at the moment--

I wonder if it is in fact the most deceptive of all genres, for the very reason that it posits a certain objectivity, not rehearsed and posed but candid and full of accidents, an imprint of a reality that is out there for anyone and everyone to witness together.

I wonder if, regardless of the literal elements of the scene, the tone an image takes on and expresses is due to the photographer's own moods, his own prejudices, enthusiasms, "abortive sorrows and short-winded elations."

And then I wonder if this is in fact any less reliable than the notion that the images can say something objectively true about their over-arching subject (for instance, America) when that subject is itself so complex, many-sided, and open to a seemingly endless range of interpretations.

via 'We Have Not Loved Life': Garry Winogrand at SFMOMA (*) by Larrisa Archer (*).

Empathy - Eric Kim (Sun 26 Mar 2017)

Vic - "10 years since I was last here, but he remembered me" - Downtown Milkbar and Coffee Lounge / Manuka / Canberra (Mon 27 Mar 2017)

Eric Kim on Empathy:

To shoot personal street photography is to only photograph what appeals in your heart. To use your street photography as a tool to empathise with your subject. To show your own soul through the photos you shoot of others.

via How to Shoot Personal Street Photography by Eric Kim.

On Appreciation - Jorg Colberg / Conscientious Photography Magazine (Tue 26 Nov 2013)

Street Portrait #9 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes (*):

I have literally no idea who any of the people (*) in these pictures are, yet I am interested in each and every one of them. [..]

So then, let’s appreciate (*). To appreciate (*) can mean all kinds of things. In photography, it means to become aware of a moment that might signify something to be appreciated (*), to then capture it as a photograph so that it can be looked at later.

via Eva Vermandel’s Splinter (*) by Conscientious Photography Magazine (*).

Street Portrait #1 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #2 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #3 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #4 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #5 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #6 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #7 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)
Street Portrait #8 - Sagrada Familia (*) / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)

Street Photography - Joel Meyerowitz / Tintin Törncrantz (Thu 09 Jun 2016)

arms and hands - White Rabbit Gallery / Chippendale (Sun 29 Jun 2016)

Joel Meyerowitz on Street Photography:

[street photography is] an arms-length contact with somebody

via Spain : Miss Maier by Tintin Törncrantz by Tintin Törncrantz.

Street Photography - Xyza Cruz Bacani / James Gabrillo (Sun 17 Jul 2016)

self portrait - Surry Hills (Sun 17 Jul 2016)

Xyza Cruz Bacani on Street Photography:

The thing I like the most about street photography? It’s free, [..] I shoot daily to relieve my stress. It’s my way of having fun.

via Filipino photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani’s story of perseverance is inspiring by James Gabrillo.

On Feelings and Street Photography - Peter Kool / Eric Kim Street Photography (Fri 04 Oct 2013)

Pedestrian Crossing - Osterport / Copenhagen (Fri 23 Aug 2013)
Peter Kool (*) writes On Feelings (*) and Street Photography (*):

most of the time it’s the feeling (*) instead of the rationality that makes the picture. In most situations there’s too little time to think it over.

via Variety is the Spice of Life: Interview with Peter Kool (*) by Eric Kim (*).

On the Thrill of Street Photography - Mary Ellen Mark / Nicole Crowder (Wed 27 May 2015)

Untitled - The Louvre / Paris (Aug 2005)

Mary Ellen Mark on the Thrill of Street Photography and :

From the very first moment I took pictures [on the streets of Philadelphia], I loved it. The thrill was the idea of just being on a street, turning a corner and looking for something to see. It was just an amazing feeling. Photography became my obsession. In a way it’s not so different when I go out to work now. It’s just that now I have years of experience in knowing how to use that little machine in front of me – at least better than I used it then. When it’s good and interesting it’s still that feeling of being on the street and wondering — God, I love this! - what’s going to happen next?

via Celebrating the legacy of photographer Mary Ellen Mark, dead at age 75 by Nicole Crowder.

On Street Photography - Into the Belly of the Beast - Markus Anderson / Rob Norton (Feb 2015)

Into the Belly of the Beast - Markus Anderson / Rob Norton

Aaron Brown on being Inspired in your Street Photography

Take fifteen minutes and rejuvenate yourself by watching this short film. I did and it was more than worth it. At the least, you’ll see some really pretty photography and filmmaking, but I hope you find some inspiration along with it. Maybe you’ll be motivated to explore the belly of the beast in your own city and wait for those moments to make order out of the chaos yourself.

via Into the Belly of the Beast: Rob Norton's Gorgeous Documentary on Australian Photographer Markus Andersen Will Bring out the Street Photographer in You by Aaron Brown.

Trying to find out more about Markus. Surprised I don't more about him. A fantastic video and I learnt a lot from it. I know I think the same way as he does when photographing on the street. Just have to get out there more often.