streetphotography

I love street photography, I teach street photography, I promote street photography, I defend street photography, and want everyone to experience the fun of doing street photography!

Much has been written about the concept of the "decisive moment", a notion popularized (posthumously, for the most part) by legendary candid photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Sotheby's is presenting On the Road: Photographs by Robert Frank from the Collection of Arthur Penn on exhibition in New York ahead of a live auction on Feb. 22 at 2 P.M. Sotheby's says it's "the world's most expansive private collection of Robert Frank photographs" and the collection includes images across several decades of the late photographer's storied career.

Street photography can speak to our souls. Taking images of common, everyday people and transforming them into art—that’s what it’s all about.

Language is an underlying reality in our everyday world, present in our thoughts, our words, and even our haptic gestures. When interacting with someone else we are incorporating language to translate abstract thoughts into communication, communication into meaning, and meaning into understanding.

Steam vents, suited businesspeople, the neon glow of the night, umbrellas on windy days, stray glances through bus windows, beachgoers in a boardwalk scene, or silhouetted figures dancing in the sunlight: as photographers, we want to capture things that give life and vivacity to the subjects of the streets. We capture their spirit and do it in a visually interesting way.

A photographer has headed out each day for the past seven years to capture a stranger's portrait in his diverse local community.

A retrospective of an Irish street photographer's life works offers an unvarnished view of 1980s Dublin and beyond.

Want to see some bad street photographs? I’ll share them and tell you why I think they’re not good. These photographs were all made during a five-day visit to New York City between October 31 and November 4, 2022.

Funleader's new CapLens 18mm f/8 0.3m-∞ Pro iterates on the brand's original 18mm f/8 CapLens by adding a focusing adjustment dial that lets photographers shoot between 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, one, and two meters in addition to infinity.

A photograph can reveal some deep human truths, but even the most intricate images may not divulge in a self-referential way. A deeply intimate scene could have been made from very impersonal practices, and similarly one could use a respectful, peaceful photographic approach to produce something obscene.

Robert Blomfield, a British physician and street photographer who passed away in December 2020, left behind a legacy of numerous shoeboxes filled with outstanding photographic prints of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

A new TikTok video trend sees users mocking street photographers and how they approach people to pose for photographs.

A street photographer's stunning images seem to show the moment people "catch" him taking a photo of them.

One of the judges for LensCulture's 2022 Street Photography Awards selected a member of the photo collective he is a part of as a winner, leading to questions of bias or impropriety.

I thought I'd have a bit of fun when out shooting the street, so I started naming my street compositions according to winning hands when playing cards. So from a truly exceptional hand (a brilliant composition filled with complexity) to the simplest card (a simple snapshot of a straightforward subject).

Egypt is set to shift how it regulates photography in public spaces. On the one hand, it will ease restrictions on street photography, but on the other, it will criminalize taking photos that it deems are "offensive to the country."

There are lots of misconceptions about street photography made by people starting out or itching to try this ultimately most challenging (unless you want to take boring photos), most rewarding, and most accessible of photographic genres.

There are many passionate and talented photographers who wonder whether they should quit their full-time job to pursue photography professionally. Sapna Reddy is a photographer who proves you don't need to -- she has dual careers as both a full-time physician as well as a professional landscape photographer.

Street photography is one of the most popular forms of the art but is also one of the most challenging to perfect. This one-hour-long in-depth video guide was put together to help anyone become a master of the craft.

A photographer captured a stranger’s portrait every day for an entire year after his work as a director dried up because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Sony World Photography Awards 2022 has announced this year's winners that span numerous categories. Photographer Adam Ferguson was honored with the Photographer of the Year title for his unique Mexican migrant self-portrait project.

Street photography is a category of photography that is dear to my heart. It’s the first category of photography that I tried to learn and master and over the many years, I’ve learned many skills and techniques.

The World Photography Organization has revealed the finalists and shortlisted photographers in the Professional competition for the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. This year, the Professional competition received over 156,000 images -- the highest number of entries in the history of the awards.

Photographer Joshua Singh became captivated with the way fog transforms San Francisco and now his portfolio heavily centers around the weather condition that defines the City by the Bay.