Street Photography Examples :]

This is some examples of street photographers that we looked at with Maria and what they generally look and and focus their photos on. 

'Street photography is about capturing decisive moments as they unfold with the public space as the setting. It is a way of recording and understanding the everyday lives and happenings of the streets and their inhabitants. Street photography often presents a humorous, weird, interesting or unusual world as it occurs. The skill of the photographer is to photograph what is around them in an interesting and different way, and to present the nuances and intricacies of the everyday in a visual way that is often ignored by the passer by.'

The first photographer we looked at was Darren Hall. His photos are fairly controlled for street photography. He controls the composition and colours used in the photo. He creates the photos to look natural without using flash and lets the person choose their own expression and pose. The backdrop is usually picked by where the person is found.

 

 I like this picture by Darren Hall because it looks so natural but the lighting is so perfect. It just frames the man in the middle, i also like the composition of the image, the man stood in the middle looks right because the eye focuses on him.

I love the colours in this picture, the purples all compliment each other as well as the dark skin of the women.

This image looks really nice- I'm not really sure why. But i really like everything about it, mostly I like the backdrop and lighting. Its such a contrast to the old man.

This picture is awesome. The posh look of the man against the backdrop is such a contrast and looks so interesting.

The second photographer we looked at was Nick Turpin. His images are constructed, 'the caught moment' in a controlled environment. He uses professional models who are posed in a way to look natural like street photography. He uses flash and the images are beautiful, attempting to make them look spontaneous.

I really like all these images. the lighting in them gives them a great contrast and makes them look a lot more dramatic. I like how the last three models look uninterested in the camera. These last images look really natural. The first image has great lines and composition, making the model stand out against the background.

The last photographer we looked at was Paul Hartnett. He uses a 'straight-up' style and works for a range of magazines as well as doing journalism for them as well. He gets commission on his work and was the first to publicize the punk movement, he merged fashion and culture. We based our 100 strangers project the same kind of idea he had.