p.2 #2 · Street Photography - Black Sheep of Photography?
I think anyone who likes street photography should look at Henri Lartigue's art. I think he's the best and one of the first to take photos of interesting people and things in the street. And you know he really interacts with the scene since the exposure time and the size of his first few camera where anything buy compact and discreet.
p.2 #3 · Street Photography - Black Sheep of Photography?
fatedquest wrote:
I think anyone who likes street photography should look at Henri Lartigue's art. I think he's the best and one of the first to take photos of interesting people and things in the street. And you know he really interacts with the scene since the exposure time and the size of his first few camera where anything buy compact and discreet.
His work when he was a child of the upper classes in France is certainly very interesting, I far and away prefer the work of Bresson, Frank, Helen Levit, Danny Lyon, Bruce Davidson but yeah Lartique's work really captured the upper class and a time in history.
p.2 #4 · Street Photography - Black Sheep of Photography?
I was waiting for Airfro to say something. His work is a great representation of street photography. The sad thing is still nobody cares to learn. If anyone is in San Francisco go check out Winogrands gallery at SF Moma.
p.2 #5 · Street Photography - Black Sheep of Photography?
Thanks boingyman and yes I see a lot of work shot on the streets but a lot of it is with a long lens from a half block away without any consideration for any of the visual elements that make up what is great street work and really good photographs period. It's never been easier to educate yourself on the use of visual language. The web makes it really easy to do and the info is out there.
p.2 #6 · Street Photography - Black Sheep of Photography?
A few quotes regarding the visual aspects mentioned in the last post:
"What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm – the relationship between shapes and values." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
"We must place ourselves and our camera in the right relationship with the subject, and it is in fitting the latter into the frame of the viewfinder that the problems of composition begin. This recognition, in real life, of a rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a constant preoccupation, being a simultaneous coalition – an organic coordination of visual elements. Composition does not just happen; there must be a need for expression, and substance cannot be divorced from form." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
AirFrog --- Ditto from me. I'm new to this forum and look forward seeing more of your images--all good examples that you don't need pathos for moving street photos. I also appreciated your links--I hadn't seen the YouTube piece on Robert Frank before. Thanks!
---John
