Does snapshot belong to people photography?

Here is a photo I posted in People Photography (Karsh) Circle:

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http://www.photo.net/photo/956342

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I put it under "street photography" because there is no "snapshot

" category.

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Obviously it is not "street photography" because it is not B&W.

My question is: does snapshot belong to people photography?

or does it belong to photography at all?

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From the comments that I got for that photo, the answer seems

to be NO.

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Please comment that photo or put your opinion about my

question here.

Why can't street photography be in color? There are plenty of great examples, in the work of David Allen Harvey, Alex Webb, Raghubir Singh . . .

There is no reason that street photography can't be in color. I saw an exhibit at the Art Institue of Chicago earlier in the summer that had lots of color street photos in it.

 

I don't think that color adds anything to the photo that you referenced.

 

I do a fair amount of street photography and I do it in black and white because this is the way that I see the images in my mind. I think that you need to be careful with color because bright colors in a photo can attract your attention away from what the real subject of the photo is.

Why not? There is also a "candid" category, isn't there?

 

I think more than half of my photos get rendered in color when

printed or displayed. Though when I started I assumed

everything was going to be B&W. Is the photo below a street

photo or snapshot? Probably more a snapshot, but still taken on

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Does it matter? I've always wondered what is to be gained from these classifications. "Street photography" is supposed to be ... "Snap shots" are supposed to be ... As far as I'm concerned, a photo is good or bad; tells a story or doesn't. Classifications are academic and don't add anything to the understanding of the image. Or am I missing something?

Re. the photo: I think the idea of an adult daughter kissing a mother is a fine subject, but the execution is flawed:

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<li>It displays a poor use of real estate. The left-half is entirely redundant.

<li>The tilt serves no purpose.

<li>Ditto the color.

<li>The elder man takes away the limelight; he should have been defocused.

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Basically I get the impression that you saw something you liked, and frantically tried to capture it without much thought for technicalities. Ignore my opinion at your leisure.

Mr. Liu: I can't find your photo, but the short answer is Yes, if it shows people as the subject, instead of like the little black dots in the meadow , labelled "Buffalo in the meadow". We have come a long way towards nit pickiness, when we believe those who say because it isn't Black and White, it can't be street photography. BALDERDASAH! That's like saying the person with a point and shoot camera isn't REALLY a photographer! My granddaughter has a little, cheap plastic camera, and she does good stuff. I have a Nikon I'm saving for her, if she wants. Some people should wake up, and enjoy photography as it is , which is absolutely marvelous.There is room for everybody whatever their opinion.