“Part of the reality of making images is that they are flexible: they can be read in singular ways, as individual “heads” in a picture, or they can be read in global ways, with universal meanings about culture, society and the time in which the image was made?“ Joel Meyerowitz,
“When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.“ Robert Frank A powerful street photograph can evoke emotions in the viewer, whether it’s joy, sadness, curiosity, or surprise. Capturing genuine human moments or
“One does not add composition as though it were an afterthought superimposed on the basic subject material, since it is impossible to separate content from form. Composition must have its own inevitability about it.“ Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Mind’s Eye Compelling street photographs have well-thought-out compositions that draw the viewer’s eye
I’ve been making street photographs seriously again for around 10 years now. I say ‘again’ because I actually dabbled in what I now know was street photography way back in the late 70’s early 80’s when I owned a 35mm Nikon FM2 SLR and developed and printed my own black
Sometimes you need to force yourself out of the house to make images and, as a result, leave with low expectations. Such were my feelings last weekend during a short trip to Devon. The weather in that part of the UK can quite literally turn from glowing, warm (for February)
Okay, I know this is only a promotional video for a new camera but I do encourage you to take a look at this one. You can fast forward through the bits where they discuss the camera if you wish but do listen watch the bits about the photographer himself,
Converging lines in photography are a powerful compositional tool used to create depth, perspective, and visual interest in images. By strategically framing a scene to include lines that converge towards a vanishing point, photographers can guide the viewer’s eye through the composition and evoke a sense of depth and distance.
“When I look at certain things, I find them attractive or interesting or beautiful, and I take pictures. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re not so good…” Saul Leiter When the American photographer and painter Saul Leiter died aged 89 in 2013 he left behind two East Village apartments filled with paintings and
“I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and the woman in the kimono washing her hair. Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.“ Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin There is an
Or should that be ‘Black and White or Colour’? Traditionally street photography is de facto done in black and white. That’s not just because many of the early masters only had access to black and white film but also because it’s seen to be a more authentic style for this
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