It can be tricky to compose your shots in the wide open spaces of city centres. Be on the look out for ‘natural’ framing devices in your cityscapes, such as the bridge above, which helps frame the ...
Anyone can pick up a camera and take pictures on the street, but great street photographs require more than pointing and clicking. Street photography may be about documenting everyday life, but there ...
Since its birth in the first half of the 19th century, street photography has transformed into an art form in its own right. Simple and spontaneous, pictures by the genre’s greats – from Henri Cartier ...
Street photography is all about thinking on your feet, being discreet, and keeping your eyes open. When it comes to picking the best street photography cameras, you will want something that has quick ...
As we wander around the little lanes of Sai Ying Pun – well-known in Hong Kong for its dried seafood markets and open-air shops – street photographer Christopher Lim stops in his tracks. He has his ...
I've just heard the news, and it's hit me hard. Martin Parr, the photographer who made a career out of documenting Britain's working-class holidays, village fetes and supermarket queues in gloriously ...
The essential attribute of street photography is chance — and that’s likely why we’re so drawn to it. Unlike documentary photographers, who wish to tell an overarching story of the subjects and places ...
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Judged by David Campany and Dimpy Bhalotia, the Pure Street Photography Awards 2025 celebrate 147 winning and finalist images ...
ZHEJIANG, East China — Every afternoon, seven days a week, Zhong Hao sits with an iced Americano in his favorite spot at Starbucks, waiting for a passerby in eye-catching clothing to capture his ...
Of all the photos I've taken, one of my favorite is of a young woman leaning on a cardboard box she’s placed on a stone barricade. She’s standing outside of an office building in downtown Chicago, ...
The first time I saw some street photographs by Garry Winogrand, as a teen-ager in the nineteen-seventies, I was overwhelmed. They were the first photos that struck me as relating to the other modes ...
Picking what lens you will be mounting on your camera is one of the most important creative decisions you can make as a photographer. The focal length you choose will significantly affect how the ...