POST 2: Understanding street photography

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Looking for a story ? One that is unique? Outside, on the streets there are tons of stories. Just walking around and viewing the wonders of the world, one can begin making a story. One can observe an object or a random person and think about how they had similar paths to their destination at one point. But preserving this story is sometimes hard to do. One's friend would ask for pictures just for proof that something happened. Then questions arise, How ? Why ? When?

Recently, a post was made about photography and this one is about street photography. Ever wondered what is street photography ? Let this blog post tell you about it.
On the world wide web, there are tons of results about what is street photography. here is one, from wikipedia,  "Street photography is a type of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls, political conventions and other settings.
Street photography uses the techniques of straight photography in that it shows a pure vision of something, like holding up a mirror to society. Street photography often tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter, and often concentrates on a single human moment, caught at a decisive or poignant moment." .

Though Wikipedia is not a reliable source, it has still provided some information about street photography. There is another one that actually makes sense about defining what street photography is. Eric Kim is a well known street photographer and has his own blog. He stated, "There is not one definition which defines street photography. Depending on who you ask or where you find your information, you will come upon conflicting responses. Some street photographers will say that it is about capturing the emotion and expressions of people, while others may put a higher emphasis on the urban environment.". As expected from Eric , he knows well about what he does best. here is a link to his blog: [ http://erickimphotography.com/blog/ ]

To further asses the question "what is street photography", one must understand what photography is. street photography cannot be defined. There are characteristics on how to tell if the image was categorized as street photography but it doesn't mean that it's how you define street photography. Street photography can only be defined by the photographer and there are too many of them to be asked. But for the people who doesn't practice photography, Street photography is basically telling a story .




Eric Kim: what is street photography