Street Photographers Foundation

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Photographers are artists with the camera, using a blend of technical skills and an artistic eye to take pictures of people, places, landscapes, food, you name it. Photographers can work as fine artists, wedding and event photographers, or sell their photos to commercial clients.

  • Bouwe Brouwer

    Bouwe Brouwer

    Bouwe Brouwer

    Postcards from Fryslân

    The province of Friesland (Fryslân in local dialect) locates in the northern region of The Netherlands. I was not born or raised there, but my parents and
    grandparents were. My first name, Bouwe, is a very typical Frisian name that you cannot hear anywhere else in the Netherlands. With this project, i hope to learn more about the place and the people that live—and lived—here. And in doing so, to learn more about my roots and belonging. People from Fryslân are looked upon by the rest of The Netherland as stubborn people. Going back as far as the Spanish occupation, they have a history of resisting authority. “Postcards from Fryslân” is still an ongoing project—hopefully lifelong—
    that i plan on developing further. The research is getting more and more methodically by the day. When it started, it represented only a collection of places that seemed interesting. Currently, the hope is to cover most of the province, as you never know in advance where the best narratives are. But still, it is all candid, unposed and in the public realm.

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  • Alan Burles

    Alan Burles

    Alan Burles

     10 photographs that found me.

    This project is about ideas and narrative. It is because I feel that street photography can be more than colours, shapes, silhouettes etc. It can be rich in ideas and humour. But it is a collection that I didn’t look for, I feel that these photographs found me. I let life take me where it will and photographs seem to happen. Charles Wesley, an eighteenth century English poet and clergyman, wrote that he was ‘lost in wonder, love and praise’ and those words resonate with me. They suggest an openness, an acceptance of life and all its quirks and curiosities. If we too can be open and find wonder in the everyday then our lives – and maybe our photographs – will be as rich as they can be.
    If there is one way to stand out from today’s abundance of photographs, then it is to have your own voice, your own way of seeing. I strive for it every day.

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  • Andy Hann

    Andy Hann

    Andy Hann

    WELCOME TO HOLLYWOO

    Growing up in Los Angeles, he always knew it was one of the strangest
    places in the world. As an adult, he set out to prove it. Through a three year photo essay, Hann chose to document the quarter mile stretch known by the locals as “the boulevard of broken dreams”. To everyone else it is Hollywood Blvd. Shooting 2 – 3 times every weekend, during early mornings and the golden hour, Hann strove to playfully capture this small strip of land occupied by strange characters and garish structures. A street with no real equal in the rest of the world.

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  • Dimitri Mellos

    Dimitri Mellos

    Dimitri Mellos

    Oblivious City

    I walk the streets of New York City and photograph strangers. Serendipity, evanescence, a deep respect for and affirmation of the world as encountered: these are the elements that are essential to my approach. The scope of my photos is narrow and mundane, like the lives they depict – like the lives of most of us. But I seek glimpses of transcendence in the mundane. I am interested in fleeting gestures and glances, moments of connection in the urban flow, the ephemeral dance of light and shadow and street life. More than anything, what moves me is capturing the infinitesimal outward signs of an inner emotional life, the interiority of people even in the midst of the most public of spaces. My photographs are relics of a momentary merging of photographer and environment, subject and object. The city brings us together, the city prizes us apart. Immersing myself in the flow of the life of the city I feel the boundaries of my self momentarily become fluid, permeable.

    I abandon myself to the flow. These photographs are as much portraits of individual people as they are portraits of moments of being. They are my feeble protest against the city’s forgetfulness.

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  • Mark Davidson

    Mark Davidson

    Mark Davidson

    Mark Davidson starts work early. Employed as a breakfast radio producer, his day begins at 2am. But waking up early has its advantages.

    Jumping out of bed in the middle of the night means that Mark’s working day is over by mid-morning, and allows him to shoot street photography on his walk home. Mark has been shooting street photography for 18 months, having fell in love with photography while taking pictures of his travels.

    He shoots mainly in the streets and alleys of Melbourne, always searching for the light and happenstance, and has a keen interest in documentary photography as well.

    In 2020, Mark came runner-up in the Australian Photography Awards (travel/street) and runner-up in the Mono Awards. His work has also been featured in street photography exhibitions in Melbourne.

    Mark lives in Melbourne, Australia.

  • Masoud Gharaei

    Masoud Gharaei

    Masoud Gharaei was born in March 1988, he is a photographer. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes. He is also the founder of Street Photographers foundation.
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    About The Collection…

    Strangers In The City

    I roam in the streets most of the time, looking at the city and the people. They are strangers to themselves and their surroundings. The feelings in their face fascinate me. They’re suspending in their thoughts and loneliness. For me, the streets are the place where I discover strangers’ feelings.

  • Giacomo Vesprini

    Giacomo Vesprini

    Giacomo Vesprini

    I was born and raised in a Small Town in central Italy 35 years ago. Despite my life looked quite standard at the very beginning, I understood that “standard” didn’t fit for me.

    Psychology helped me to express my inner personality without fear, so I stepped out of university with my degree and started to work as a photographer (funny, isn’t it?) because in the meantime it became my dream.

    I live in San Benedetto del Tronto, where I work as a Documentary & Wedding Photographer and Co-owner of Krup Studio.

  • Chu Viet Ha

    Chu Viet Ha

    Chu Viet Ha

    I am Chu Viet Ha, Street Photographers base hanoi, Vietnam.
    I am a photography enthusiast especially street photography. Photography is really a powerful tools, a bridge which helps me to communicate with the diversity of life and people around. A kind of photography religion that I have pursued and continued to pursue since the beginning of taking photos is “Decisive moments” . With hobbies and strengths of approaching the subjects, I always want to bring the viewers closer, even make them become a part of the moments in the street.

    About The Collection…

    A very interesting point in Hanoi is that a lot of people’s activities are carried out on the street. Some of my favorite activities and spots are outdoor gymnastics around Hoan Kiem Lake, and the scene of workers’ activities around Dong Xuan Market. I spent quite a bit of time observing, going back and forth to these spots to record with pictures. Early mornings I often choose a place around Sword Lake, this is the most interesting time to record the activities of Hanoians. In the evenings, Dong Xuan Market is a place you cannot ignore. The action of the workers, the lighting and the architectural scene here will provide a source of street photography inspiration for any street photographer

  • David Stewart

    David Stewart

    David Stewart

    I began my career by photographing punk bands including The Clash and The Ramones. My first job was  photographing the passing parade of colourful characters on Morecambe UK Promenade with squirrel monkey’s Joey and Queenie.
    My work involves observing the strangeness of everyday life, people and pop culture and reconstructing these scenes as large scale tableaus.
    In 2015 I won the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery London.
    I have published 5 books from my personal projects, Fogeys 2001, Thrice Removed 2009, Teenage pre-occupation 2013, Paid Content 2018 and Geoffrey Valentine 2020.
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    About The Collection…

    I shoot on a large format camera (8×10 & 4×5 film) and this can bring a heightened sense of reality to the images. The details are clearer and become more important. Large Format is the way I have always worked. It involves thinking more about what you are about to shoot and then trusting your instinct. With no Polaroid or instant digital image to work with, the pre planning and thought leading up to the shoot is transmitted to the first shot.

  • Cesar de Melo

    Cesar de Melo

     Cesar de Melo

    My name is Cesar de Melo and i’m from Lisbon. Since I was studying Cinema and Film, I watched the streets has a natural and raw photography studio. The moments, the rhythms, the people and the situations that just appears in front of you. Since then i always had a camera with me, I was shooting but without the knowledge necessary. After some years and studies i slowly start feel the flow that is shooting on the streets. I enjoy going out shooting and capture these moments in a unique way. This collection of photos are for me the best and special ones that i have taken in the first years of shooting on the streets.

  • Erry Ginandjar

    Erry Ginandjar

    Erry Ginandjar

    My name is Erry, I am from Bandung City, Indonesia. I work in finance, my hobby of photography started in 2018 and since then I always carry my camera with me wherever I go. I have tried several genres of photos, but until now I am more interested in street photography, because I think street photography is simple, we can capture moments anywhere.

    About the collection

    Most of my photos are taken on roads, buildings, or parks in the city of Bandung, I really like to take pictures with shadows, silhouettes, reflections, layering, lines, with a minimalist atmosphere.
  • Elliott Erwitt’s Kolor

    Elliott Erwitt’s Kolor

    In his long career, Elliott Erwitt almost always carried two cameras, one with black and white film and one with color. As a press release for his first comprehensive U.S. show of color work notes, Erwitt “comes from an era when few photographers worked in color,” but he used both, sometimes shooting similar scenes with each. Erwitt, who lives in New York City, says, “Normally, I prefer shooting in black and white for my personal pictures. But now, having extensively examined my past color pictures, I am less dogmatic. In the end, it is only the quality of the pictures that counts.”

    Elliott Erwitt New York City, NY, USA, 1954 Archival pigment print © Elliott Erwitt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich.
    Elliott Erwitt USA, 1990 Archival pigment print © Elliott Erwitt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich.
    Elliott Erwitt Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 1962 Archival pigment print © Elliott Erwitt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich
    Elliott Erwitt Provence, France, 1955 Archival pigment print © Elliott Erwitt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich.
    Elliott Erwitt Washington, DC, USA, 1962 Archival pigment print © Elliott Erwitt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich.
    Washington, DC, USA, 2009 © Elliott Erwitt. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery.
    Bretagne, France, 1960. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    Krakow, Poland, 1964. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Whitney Museum, New York City, 1976.© Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    Rotterdam, 1968. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    Moscow, 1967. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    Netherlands, 1956. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1957. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich
    San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1957. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos/Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zürich