Speak to anyone about street photography outside that particular niche, and inevitably someone will ask, is it legal? It may come right out of the gate, or it may follow a logical line from whether permission is needed, through to… Read More »Is Street Photography Legal?
Street photography can be a fickle pursuit. Some days on the street are so natural as to suggest the photographer was literally born to do nothing but make photographs. On other days it can bury a feeling of inadequacy so… Read More »The Street Photography Bleep test
Choosing a first camera for street photography is a choice made all the more difficult by the many options found now on the virtual high street. Which system to choose? What brands to consider? Which model? The choice has to… Read More »Choosing a Camera for Street Photography
Have you ever found yourself stepping out onto the street, yet can’t quite bring the camera to your eye to take a picture? Maybe it’s shyness or fear, maybe just rustiness. A familiar feeling street photographers have is the need… Read More »Warming Up for Street Photography
Taking the leap into street photography can be an unnerving one, particularly if you have the shy, introverted core shared by many of our kind. Nevertheless, it’s not impossible. The key is to be out there, camera in hand, at… Read More »5 Assignments For Street Photography Beginners
Understanding what street photography is brings us, rather helpfully, to the question of why we make street photography. The words of Garry Winogrand are an appropriate place to start in answering this question: I photograph to find out what something… Read More »Why do we make street photography?
In Magnum’s excellent online on-demand course, The Art of Street Photography, Carolyn Drake acknowledges the difficulty in defining street photography. I think every photographer should define what the street means to them in their own way. There’s no one way… Read More »What IS Street Photography, Anyway?
As a photographer, and a keen follower of surrealism, Paris has for a time been something of an omphalos for my interest in the visual and written arts. The city of Breton, Aragon, Soupault, and Eluard. An adopted home of… Read More »A Weekend at Magnum with Richard Kalvar