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 CrushUnit 26 May 2014
Anybody tried it? I recently watched a series of videos by Jay maisel (legendary street photographer) and it got me inspired. I'm normally a landscapes man but I find myself being drawn more and more to people.

Anyway I went to Weston Super Mare (where dreams go to die, what a sh.....) and got a few images I was happy with. Anyway top of my list was this one.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/121107445@N05/14273028751/

Any comment or critique welcome...

Also feel free to share any street gems you are pleased with.
 dek 26 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

My current favourite is Matt Stewart
http://www.mattstuart.com/photographs/colour
Loads of great stuff in NYC , just google for photogs
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 Fraser 26 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

When I think street photography, I always think b&w.

I've always wanted to try it but never had the bottle but I've seen a few really decent shots from John Free. Other folk worth checking out are Bruce <I have no ethics> Gilden (really 'in-your-face' almost confrontational shots) Fred Fogherty and the Chuck Jines, guy who runs the Grit Street photo website, also NYC based.
 Tall Clare 26 May 2014
In reply to Fraser:

Gary Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, Vivian Maier are also worth a look.
 Tom Last 26 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

I like your pic very much.
OP CrushUnit 26 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

Thanks all, some really great stuff out there!
 Fraser 26 May 2014
In reply to Tall Clare:

Thanks for those names. They didn't ring any bells initially but after googling, I realised I've seen some of the Friedlander shots before and also the documentary on Vivian Maier which was broadcast maybe a year or so ago.
 Tall Clare 26 May 2014
In reply to Fraser:

Friedlander and Winogrand are pretty significant figures, definitely.

OP: also have a look at Diane Arbus for a slightly different take...
 dek 26 May 2014
In reply to Tall Clare:

Did you catch the Saul Leiter documentary on BBC 4 recently? It was excellent!
 HarmM 27 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:
I found street photogrpahy quite daunting to begin with, but stick at it and the fear of being confronted will eventually go... Plus even if someone does confront you it's only a picture right?

I took these while doing my photography A level:

https://flic.kr/p/e3eWdN

https://flic.kr/p/j4rB25

https://flic.kr/p/j4rDU9

Oh and check out Robert dosineau he has to be one of my favourite photographers
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 Charlie Low 27 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

Love it! And love that I recognise the bus stop
Jim C 27 May 2014
In reply to HarmM:

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> Oh and check out Robert dosineau he has to be one of my favourite photographers

I like a chap called 'Just Sarathy' on Flickr some great street shots.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/38428213@N07/
In reply to Jim C:

> I like a chap called 'Just Sarathy' on Flickr some great street shots.

Thanks. Some nice shots there, shame about some of the banal captions though!

Jim C 27 May 2014
In reply to Turdus torquatus:

> Thanks. Some nice shots there, shame about some of the banal captions though!

Not really paid any attention to the captions TT until you mentioned them.

I will stick to looking at the images , they just transport me to a world of colour and light that I just don't see in the West of Scotland. ( well maybe the odd sunny day at the Edinburgh Festival)
(Some real poverty there though, and with it lots of interesting portraits too, young and old. )

 Sean Kelly 27 May 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

When I first got into photography in circa. 1968, I was initially influenced by a photo essay by Lord Snowdon that appeared in the infant Sunday Times colour mag. It was about the strand of society that lives 'on the edge', enduring poverty and other social problems. So I took myself with camera, an old Pentax S3, and trawled around the poorest areas of Birmingham, an area where all the old slums were being gradually demolished, and replaced with gleaming new tower blocks. I capture a family with a babies pram, pushing home a bag of coal. A group of newly arrived immigrant children playing marbles. Other children in one of the long ago age of 'back to backs' playing underneath the washing lines. Locals drinking in smoky pubs and nobody bothers about the camera.
To see a photographer walking around with a camera was very unusual but nobody resented the invasion of privacy. If anyhing, it was welcomed. At night I would go into the city with flash attached, and shoot from very close up, of young people out enjoyng themselves. There were some things that were quite difficult not to film. Some friends pinching beer from a brewery, fights with the police. You have to think very carefully about the trust that you want, and not to push too hard. And of course all this was on B&W with a camera without an exposure meter. Children were really good subjects as they are all keen to be in the picture, but you have to control how you present what is on offer. Today, I can imagine the response of parents if they think someone is taking photos of children. Sadly a sign of the times.
The Landscape Photographer of the Year comp has an Urban section which is thought provoking for Street Photography. Good luck with it.
 chris fox 02 Jun 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

I do street photography quite a bit. A few years ago i was in San Francisco and spent the day 'shooting from the hip' and didn't look at the shots till i got back to my hotel room at the end of the day.

This was one of my favourites from the day https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisfox/1418588844/

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