Street Photography
What is Street Photography?
Never ending debates in forum threads, Facebook comments, personal blogs, Instagram, and Flickr boards which argue about street photography is and what isn't. It's been a long 2 years that I'm doing street photography but my views on it have changed.
In this article I have my own personal views of what street photography is. You can take some of my thoughts and combined it with your own views.
I saw some mountains, sunsets in the horizon, and rivers, I will not consider that as street photography. Why? It's because the primary subject is nature.
Inside the studio there is a model, make up artist, lighting setup, and background, that is not also a street photography.
The most intriguing point is street photography has to be candid. But the best to photographs are the candid ones.
This is the example of a candid photo. But of course nothing special in this photo. I also don't care if the photograph is staged or not but whether it brings out the reaction in my heart. A great photo for me it has a full of energy, excitement, and life. Streets is the backstage in an urban location and the shot looks
The backstage is in the streets (in an urban location) and the shot looks spontaneous enough. Another debate does it need to be public or private places?
Street photography doesn't need to be necessary in public and open spaces. For examples countries which has a subway for train stations which is considered to be indoor because it's in a closed space.
It can't also be done in a person's home but it can be allowed in the hotels lobby. For example someone is ready in a newspaper with a face of a man at the back in the newspaper, that's a great concept of course.
Another fallacy is street photography needs to have people in it, in fact I disagree. Eugene Atget was a photographer in Paris who documented mostly some of the city's architecture, buildings, homes, and statues.
Photos showing the sufferings of poor people in the society makes me think about the people living in the city. Street photography need to document humanity or society.
What matters most?
I don't care what people classify your type of photography. As long as I enjoy the photos that I'm taking it's enough for me. All I want is to capture that stir us emotionally, that make us show about humanity, society around us, the people we interact on a daily basis. Other suffering and the hopes and dreams of individuals.
Never ending debates in forum threads, Facebook comments, personal blogs, Instagram, and Flickr boards which argue about street photography is and what isn't. It's been a long 2 years that I'm doing street photography but my views on it have changed.
In this article I have my own personal views of what street photography is. You can take some of my thoughts and combined it with your own views.
I saw some mountains, sunsets in the horizon, and rivers, I will not consider that as street photography. Why? It's because the primary subject is nature.
Inside the studio there is a model, make up artist, lighting setup, and background, that is not also a street photography.
The most intriguing point is street photography has to be candid. But the best to photographs are the candid ones.
This is the example of a candid photo. But of course nothing special in this photo. I also don't care if the photograph is staged or not but whether it brings out the reaction in my heart. A great photo for me it has a full of energy, excitement, and life. Streets is the backstage in an urban location and the shot looks
The backstage is in the streets (in an urban location) and the shot looks spontaneous enough. Another debate does it need to be public or private places?
Street photography doesn't need to be necessary in public and open spaces. For examples countries which has a subway for train stations which is considered to be indoor because it's in a closed space.
It can't also be done in a person's home but it can be allowed in the hotels lobby. For example someone is ready in a newspaper with a face of a man at the back in the newspaper, that's a great concept of course.
Another fallacy is street photography needs to have people in it, in fact I disagree. Eugene Atget was a photographer in Paris who documented mostly some of the city's architecture, buildings, homes, and statues.
Photos showing the sufferings of poor people in the society makes me think about the people living in the city. Street photography need to document humanity or society.
What matters most?
I don't care what people classify your type of photography. As long as I enjoy the photos that I'm taking it's enough for me. All I want is to capture that stir us emotionally, that make us show about humanity, society around us, the people we interact on a daily basis. Other suffering and the hopes and dreams of individuals.
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