MrAndMrsIzzy Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Street may be an attitude or sensibility, a suggestiveness in the work, as much as or more than a matter of actual subject. That's why I like the terms "Local Color", "Random Photography", and\or "Found Image" better than "Street Photography". "Street" (as I see it) implies a specific. The others. Not so!....Izzy Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 "Street may be an attitude or sensibility, a suggestiveness in the work, as much as or more than a matter of actual subject." +1 When I am out shooting 'street' my mindset is very different than any other time. Just as my choice of camera format informs the imagery, my mindset opens doors to a different language than I use in other categories. The label street has evolved for me. I now often think more of street mode and together with the location,,, if outdoors it is street photography. As sam suggested the sensibility, the suggestiveness is significant in viewing the work as street. 1 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 "Just as my choice of camera format informs the imagery" inoneeye. I think creativity// vision is what it is all about other than choice of gear or formats. A cannot see that path leading anywhere other than gear fondling. So,what is street photography all about? Well, to mind my mind it is very simple. It is what you want it to be ,you decide, you the photographer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 " So,what is street photography all about? Well, to mind my mind it is very simple. It is what you want it to be ,you decide, you the photographer. Amen!....Izzy 1 Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samstevens Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) Many artists/photographers are in touch with their tools to the extent they will inspire them in certain ways. One can experience that without being a gear head. Many gear heads can achieve that kind of intimacy with their tools as well just as many just collect and don’t. A lot of snappers may not understand this because it takes a degree of depth as well as a kind of sensitivity they not only lack but can’t even empathize with or imagine. Edited August 15, 2020 by samstevens 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 "Many gear heads can achieve that kind of intimacy with their tools" Sam/Fred Intimacy with a lump of plastic/metal, Hmm. But what has that to do with creativity or vision? Hey, photography encompass all. Who am I, or anyone, to say the enjoyment of photography is not about fondling a lump of plastic/metal. If that is what its about for some folk...why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Like I said, can’t even imagine. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 A cannot see that path leading anywhere other than gear fondling. I understand that you probably can't. unfortunate lack of imagination, missed oppurtunity imo. . It's nothing to do with the metal it has much to do with the format as stated and awareness of the tools. i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Moderator Note: I have removed two comments. Please stop adding fuel to inflame any school-yard bickering and keep on the topic, without the personal spite: thank you, Gentlemen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Human Nature. Fences and File Cabinets....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samstevens Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 [ATTACH=full]1353251[/ATTACH] This is an example of slide photography? 2 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Human Nature. Fences "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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inoneeye Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) .... I posted this question on a different site and got a bunch of different answers and opinions. The best one (I thought) was "random photography". Unplanned, un-setup, city street, country road, forest trail, etc. Basically any kind of found image (don't know what else to call it) that the photographer thinks would make a good pic.....Izzy many call it candid photography. But the idea that it is "random photography" unplanned, unsetup.... excludes many too street photographs that were not very spontaneous. As Moving On alludes to we create categories. Maybe for convenience maybe something deeper but in a genre such as street photography the borders are porous. As such it is loose, open to take it where you want. And for the viewer to take it from there and file it as they see fit. Calling it street photography helps you find it in the cabinet. Edited August 17, 2020 by inoneeye 1 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 in a genre such as street photography the borders are porous. As such it is loose, open to take it where you want. And for the viewer to take it from there and file it as they see fit. Calling it street photography helps you find it in the cabinet. Amen! Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Btw, one if the file folders in the cabinet is labeled 'found photography'. ie literally found photos. Often anonymous and recovered from obscurity. Just a headsup.... It made perfect sense in the context you used found images in your opening. i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Btw, one if the file folders in the cabinet is labeled 'found photography'. ie literally found photos. Often anonymous and recovered from obscurity. Just a headsup.... It made perfect sense in the context you used found images in your opening. Well! What I meant was you're someplace and see something you think would make a good image so you take a pic and hope that you got what you saw (so to speak). That said, obviously the expressions "found image", "found photography", found photograph", etc. could be used in the sense you described also 1 Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) My writing comprehension may need some work! What i am saying is your opening made perfect sense to me. no slight. I was simply adding a poi. that found photography is a photography genre. Edited August 18, 2020 by inoneeye i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 My writing comprehension may need some work! What i am saying is your opening made perfect sense to me. no slight. I was simply adding a poi. that found photography is a photography genre. No slight taken and the point is a good one! Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 you're someplace and see something you think would make a good image so you take a pic and hope that you got what you saw (so to speak) Interestingly enough, a corollary, and perhaps contrast, to this is that you hope that you got more, less, or something other than what you saw. Street photography, like all other photography, not only has the power to memorialize but also has the power, in many instances, to transform ... and to become metaphor. I can't explain why exactly, and it might be the type of photo an explanation couldn't do justice, but below I've linked to one of my favorite street photos, by Brassai. No doubt this is what he saw, but I also think he photographed between the lines and gave it a kind of photographic life it didn't originally have. BRASSAI "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAndMrsIzzy Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Interestingly enough, a corollary, and perhaps contrast, to this is that you hope that you got more, less, or something other than what you saw. Street photography, like all other photography, not only has the power to memorialize but also has the power, in many instances, to transform ... and to become metaphor. I can't explain why exactly, and it might be the type of photo an explanation couldn't do justice, but below I've linked to one of my favorite street photos, by Brassai. No doubt this is what he saw, but I also think he photographed between the lines and gave it a kind of photographic life it didn't originally have. Atmosphere! Izzy From Brooklyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Atmosphere! One-word descriptions just aren't enough for me. I think "atmosphere" is certainly part of it, but there's so much more than that. Like I said, I just keep reading between the lines and discovering many secrets. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 the [suggestion].. he was so damn good at it. “To me, photography must suggest, not insist or explain.“ Brassaï i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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