People, friends, often ask me:
"Why photograph strangers, why travel thousands of miles to go and get intimate with complete strangers... take their pictures and walk away? Why?"
It's a very good and deeply introspective question, in my opinion. It's a good question because I do spend a lot of effort (and money) getting to these places and getting these shots. It's introspective because there has to be a reason for me doing this, a reason that says something about me, who I am, what I value in life.
Life is hard, life can be really hard, but it is all relative. I am not saying I feel better personally seeing people struggle more than me. E
Why street photography is facing a moment of truth by Batsceba, journal
Why street photography is facing a moment of truth
THE GUARDIAN
It took root in New York in the 60s and 70s with compelling images of street life that captured the heart of the city. But anxieties about privacy, terrorism, and paedophilia have conspired to make the art of street photography ever more difficult. Sean O'Hagan recalls the movement's heyday and charts today's pioneers
Oxford Street, 2006, by Matt Stuart.
Sean O'Hagan Sunday 18 April 2010 00.05 BST Last modified on Sunday 10 January 2016 16.58 GMT
Back in the 1960s, when New York was the centre of street photography, the main practitioners of the form would sometimes cross paths. Lee Friedlander was friends with Garry W
Have you ever cursed your camera for missing that special moment in the streets? Do you ever struggle to get the subject quickly in focus before the fleeting moment is lost forever in the aether? Well then why not try manual focus? Below is a brief guide to a few key manual focus techniques that can help you capture the decisive moment.
Prime Lenses
Before we can look at the benefits of manual focus, we first have to discuss the use of prime lenses. The reason prime lenses have become a staple of street photographers is simple: speed. Without the need to select a focal length, and forcing yourself to work with one field of view (FOV) you ca
EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ON dA ed. FEBRUARY by arslanalp, journal
EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ON dA ed. FEBRUARY
from "Queen of Silhouettes" to "The Girl with the Pearl Earring"
Hello everybody,this month we are together with wonderful photographer Iryna ~IrynaFedorovska (https://www.deviantart.com/irynafedorovska). In her galleries you will discover the magic of the light and admire how smoothly she handles it.
-Tell us a little about yourself.
Hello everybody and thank you for all your tremendous support and kindness you gave me here, on deviantart. I was born in Ukraine 40 years ago in family of professional musicians. Everybody, not only my mom and dad, uncles, aunts, cousins, my two stepfathers play or played instruments... Of course, I had no choice but to play piano. But then tradi
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This is Wide Aperture, a little corner where we get closer to experienced and talented photographer. This is where they, kindly, share their insight in a very direct way, straigth from behind the viewfinder.
This is where the XXI Century kicks in, blending the classic vintage work with the latest techniques and media, from unorthodox work to borderline street portraiture, always keeping in mind the most engaging unstaged and candid photos with a narrative we call Street Photography. On the Weekend on our frontpage, Journal for our members and Watchers during the Week.
Today we approach Baptiste Hauville !hbapt (https://www.deviantart.com/hbapt), a very talented and in
Aspect Ratio, Composition, Present and Future by NunoCanha, journal
Aspect Ratio, Composition, Present and Future
Photography is simply a technology that allows you to record a moment in time, in a box that simply captures a moment of light. Simple and basic as that, no myth there.
But the decision on how to capture that moment and its variables like composition, time and subject matter remain in the hands of photographer.
Let's talk about that box, how it affects composition, and the time we live in. Photographic technology has developed at a rapid pace. From the 19th century's cumbersome daguerreotypes to today's compact digital cameras, photography has become one of the most accessible art mediums, but more related to motion pictures that we might
This is Wide Aperture, a little corner in our main page where we get closer to experienced and talented photographer, shared after in the form of journal.
This is where this photographers, kindly, share their insight in a very direct way, straigth from behind the viewfinder.
This is where the XXI Century kicks in, blending the classic vintage work with the latest techniques and media, from unorthodox work to borderline street portraiture, always keeping in mind the most engaging unstaged and candid photos with a narrative we call Street Photography.
This week we kindly thank `gilad (https://www.deviantart.com/gilad) Gilad Benari, a very talented photographer from Isra