Street portraits are a popular form of street photography but approaching total strangers can be daunting for the uninitiated. Photographer Jimmy Hickey shares his 4 step method for getting the better shots of the unusual people he meets and he makes some good points. Hit the jump to watch the video.
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When I meet a famous photographer I like to hand them my camera and ask them to take my picture. Anyone can take a picture of someone famous but how many people have a picture of themselves shot by David Alan Harvey? At Magnum Days in Provincetown I managed to get 3 Magnum photographers and 3 workshop students to snap a pic of me and the results might surprise you! Hit the jump for all the pics.
David Alan Harvey Took My Picture At Magnum Days In ProvincetownRead More »
So my advice is get a small cheap dirty appartment, live by yourself and get to know the street. I think real street photographers have same intuition as pimp or who have been working on the street for a long time. I am not. You know I left the street and went back to my home village. Since then my street photography really sucks! Haha! Don’t let your life get stable, youngsters! — Junku Nishimura
Magnum photographer Alec Soth and Brad Zellar have spent the last 3 years documenting the backroads of rural America while posing as reporters for a fictitious newspaper. The project eventually evolved into an actual publication called the LBM Dispatch and the latest edition focusses on Georgia. Hit the jump for more details on this ambitious project.
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Take It Or Leave It With Bruce Gilden is a photo-critique series where Bruce tells up-and-coming photographers if their work is any good or total crap. The second episode looks at a bunch of street photography and Bruce actually liked a couple of the shots this time around! Hit the jump for the video.
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Long before John Maloof stumbled upon Vivaian Maier’s negatives in a storage locker, an army of Google Street View cars were busy photographing and mapping every road in the world. After millions of miles, these automatic sentries were bound to capture a few interesting images and Canadian artist Jon Rafman has been collecting the best of them since 2009. Is Google the next great street photographer? Hit the jump to find out.
Move Over Vivian Maier – Google Is The Next Great Street Photographer!Read More »
Photographer Gail Albert Halaban creates sprawling urban landscapes that include the private lives of strangers captured through their windows. Is she just another peeping tom pushing the boundaries between privacy and art, or does she have a more noble purpose? Hit the jump to hear it in her own words.
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What would you shoot if you had the last roll of film in the world? 4 Tokyo photographers took that challenge and hit the streets armed only with a Hasselblad and one roll of film. With only 12 exposures the pressure was on! Hit the jump for the video.
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A winner has been announced in the I Shot It black and white photo contest. A stroke of luck on a cold January morning earned Benno Riffel over $10,000 in cash AND a Leica Monochom. Hit the jump for more details.
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Esquire published a puzzling article describing what they believe to be the “Cult Of Leica Camera”. Simon Garfield uses questionable anectdotes and passive aggressive arguments to make the case that hype has created the perception of Leica as a superior product. Hit the jump to find out more.
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