Tag: street photographers

The street photographer can be seen as an extension of the flâneur, an observer of the street .a person who records everyday life in a public place. The very publicness of the setting enables the photographer to take candid pictures of strangers, often without their knowledge. Street photographers do not necessarily have a social purpose in mind, but they prefer to isolate and capture moments which might otherwise go unnoticed.the street photographer is similar to social documentary photographers or photojournalists who also work in public places, but with the aim of capturing newsworthy events; any of these photographers’ images may capture people and property visible within or from public places.
photographers who records everyday life in a public place. The very publicness of the setting enables the photographer to take candid pictures of strangers, often without their knowledge. Street photographers do not necessarily have a social purpose in mind, but they prefer to isolate and capture moments which might otherwise go unnoticed.

  • Andrew Kochanowski

    Andrew Kochanowski

    Andrew Kochanowski

    Andrew Kochanowski is a candid photographer based outside Detroit, USA. Since 2007 his work has appeared in both solo and group exhibits in Detroit, London, Paris, Warsaw, Berlin, New York, Brighton (U.K), Cardiff, Milan, San Francisco and elsewhere, at venues such as the London Street Photography Festival, Brighton Biannial, SF StreetFoto Festival,  Street Photo Milano, Miami Street Photography Festival, Paris Photo Month, and European Month of Photography in Berlin.
    He is a founding member of Burn My Eye, an international street photography collective featured in numerous shows and exhibits worldwide.
    He makes frequent appearances at street photography festivals, and his work and interviews have been published in numerous print and web publications including Leica Blog, Metropolitan Detroit, Dodho, Lensculture, Mutant Space, Eyeshot Magazine, Radiate, Huck Mag, and others.
    He is sharing an edit of his street photography taken in the past few years in the United States, Italy, and Taiwan.

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  • Michael Mcilvaney

    Michael Mcilvaney

    Michael Mcilvaney

    My name is Michael McIlvaney. I am a street photographer living in the UK and Ireland.
    When not working to a project my work is generally unplanned, always candid and in public. All images derive from single shots. I delight in capturing the spontaneous events and serendipitous occurrences that unfold before the camera’s lens, transforming otherwise mundane scenes into moments of theatre. I search out those fleeting movements, flashes of colour, gestures and glances, and moments of connection that, when captured, reveal a story that would otherwise have been left untold.
    I’m captivated by the city; the place where the public and private spheres jostle. I seek out the dancing light and deeply dark shadows which offer to dramatise the “performers” in any given scene.
    I feel at home in the flow of the streets, amongst the bubbling, yet to happen, encounters. In collaboration with luck, described by Agee as one of the “cardinal creative forces at work in the universe”, I strive to transform the actual, and mundane, into a new, sometimes conceptually different, kind of aesthetic reality.

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  • Nicholas Ip

    Nicholas Ip

    Nicholas Ip

    I was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Canada, and presently living in Hong Kong. My passion for photography started when I discovered street photography a few years ago. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I traveled frequently for work and I used that opportunity to document people and places whenever I could. In 2021, being grounded in Hong Kong, I worked towards improving my photography and decided that black and white is the direction I would take. When I shoot, I enjoy looking for good light, one that provides a nice gradient or high contrast for the frame. My goal is to make photos that tell stories with good aesthetics. I like to make candid shots of people, as they are the most natural expression of the moment, and I strive to be as respectful as I can in each situation.

    About the collection

    This collection are photos I have made in 2021-2022. They show the everyday life of people in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although these are shots of strangers, I feel that they are, in some ways, a reflection of my own life. My career and lifestyle has definitely been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Street photography has been an outlet for me through these times. The moments in these photos are reminders of what I have in my life to be grateful for.

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  • Steve Bonati

    Steve Bonati

    Steve Bonati

    In 2014, a series of workshops organised by The Guardian and led by Matt Stuart and Stephen McClaren gave me the inspiration, motivation and confidence to become a street photographer. The historical and contextual element of the course provided a great insight into the different approaches and imagery captured under the all encompassing title of “street photography “. Significantly, it revealed a breadth and diversity of approach in attempting to find ones own vision. I have been fortunate enough to be in the company of, and learnt a great deal from Martin Parr, Gus Powell, Melanie Einzig, the late Christophe Agou, Vineet Vohra and my friend and mentor Mimi Mollica.
    Being based in the NW of England provides me with the opportunity to visit places such as Liverpool, Manchester and Blackpool with London a mere two hour journey away. Retirement from my teaching role has enabled me to spend more time in completing my main project which is a wide ranging, in depth attempt to compile ” street ” imagery from Appleby in Cumbria to Zennon in Cornwall. In completing the project I have attempted to portray the individualistic and idiosyncratic nature of ” Englishness ” through street photography across various towns, cities and counties. Currently final images are being selected, sequenced and layouts finalised for the publication of a book which will realise my ambition and add to the recognition I achieved by being awarded first prize in the single category of The World Street Shooting competition in Los Angeles by LACP.

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  • Jaclyn Licht

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    Jaclyn Licht

    Jaclyn Licht took up street photography in 2017 while living in Providence, Rhode Island. Now a Brooklyn resident, and a member of the New York City Street Photography Collective, she wanders the streets with her film cameras as a way to get to know the intricacies of the city and the characters that populate it. As official photographer for the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations for four years, she captured the day-to-day affairs of all those who strive to change the world through international diplomacy.
    She is now studying Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism at the International Center of Photography. Whether at work or on the street, she is drawn to subtle humor, spontaneous action, and the ability to connect with strangers through her lens.

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  • Willie Velazquez

    Willie Velazquez

    Willie Velazquez

    I’ve been walking around with a camera in hand for a few years now, shooting anything and everything that pops out at me. Whether I’m out on a dedicated photo walk or running errands and socializing; burning more film is always the objective. I don’t hunt particular subjects nor try adhering to a single style; I simply keep an open eye and shoot from the gut.
    Im a member of the Queens Street Photo Crew and being that I was born, raised and currently based in Queens, I make a lot of my work there and almost always in color. But it doesn’t really matter where I am, only that I keep my eyes peeled with my finger on the shutter button. Moments catch my eye, strange and tender alike. gestures, expressions, etc.
    Sometimes it’s a game of endurance; how many shots, rolls, weeks before you make a good photo? For me It’s a high, a therapy, an exercise, an expression, a lifestyle. Its fun when alone or with good company. Some times challenging, often rewarding. I’m just grateful I live in the Mecca, NYC. The streets feed you here.

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  • Pierrot Men

    Pierrot Men

    Pierrot Men

    I have always lived and worked in Madagascar and each of my photographs is a declaration of love for my country and its people. My father arrived from China in the 1920s, fleeing the Sino-Japanese conflict. He would have liked me to become a merchant like him.
    I first wanted to be a painter, which I was for twenty-three years. I practised photography as a model for my paintings. On the advice of a friend who found the photos of my paintings more beautiful than my paintings themselves, I abandoned painting for photography while keeping, I hope, a little of my painter’s eye when I take a photo. One sometimes makes encounters that change everything.
    I have been photographing for 40 years now and through my photographs, I know how to transmit many thing.

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  • Nicolas Vassal

    Nicolas Vassal

    Nicolas Vassal

    Nicolas VASSAL, alias NIKO, is a French photographer who started photography more than 25 years ago. His source of inspiration and his subjects have been evolving throughout the years before becoming in a kind of random way, what we call a “Street-photographer”
    You can read many definitions about street-photography, the various ways to approach it, many controversies about its practice that I would simply call in one word as “Candid” photography. It is, in his point of view, the easiest and at the same time the most difficult type of Photography. The easiest because you can practice it everywhere with almost any kind of camera whoever and whatever is around you. The most difficult as it requires skills to set-up very quickly your camera, a curious eye, some courage and a lot of luck as well
    NIKO has been living away from France for more than 10 years mainly in Asia (Shanghai and Tokyo) where he has been living a deep and diverse visual journey.  The crossing of Shibuya in Tokyo, where he had been shooting extensively during few years will always remain the place where his artistic journey really started
    He is literally flying while hunting hours in the streets with his headset full of Rock ’n’ roll
    Photography is Music, Photography has to be listened!

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  • Zisis Kardianos

    Zisis Kardianos

    Zisis Kardianos

    Zisis Kardianos (b. 1962, Zakynthos) I have been active as a street and social documentary photographer since 1985, working independently on self-assigned projects which were later published in various national and international magazines, self-published books and have been exhibited in Greece and abroad. I have studied Sociology in Athens where I also followed a two-year course in photography. I look for subjects and inspiration, moving as a curious observer in the public sphere. My field of interest is in the social landscape, urban landscape and human behavior within them.
    Street photography occupies only a portion of my photographic preoccupations but it is the kind with which I feel most emotionally connected and dare I say the one that I seem to be at my most effortless and relaxed. I like to think of street photography, when at its best, as a magical convergence of chance and observation within the expanded sphere of the ordinary. That seems to encapsulate the essence of street photography for me.

    I’m a founding member of the international photography collective “Burn My Eye” and a contributing photographer in “Millennium Images” photo agency.  Solo exhibitions include among others the “Athens Photo Festival” in 2012 and the “Fine Art Photo Festival in Bielsko Biala – Polland” in 2017. The titles of the books I’ve published are “A sense of place” in 2012 and “In Limbo” in 2017 which was later republished by Trieste Photo Festival as the recipient of the book award in 2018. I have taught street photography workshops in Kopenhagen, Brussels and Athens and I’m always open to invitations when the opportunity presents itself.

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  • Hsu Su-e

    Hsu Su-e

    Hsu Su-e

    My name is Hsu Su-e, and I am Taiwanese. I started getting into street photography in 2018, and I have been attending the SP class taught by TC Lin @taominglin. I usually like to walk around traditional markets and the surrounding alleys, taking pictures of interesting local scenes, which may seem complicated. The markets and alleys of Taiwan contain within them many variations on the lives of everyday people.

    With its rich array of social connotations and multifaceted presentations of humanity, the beauty of Taiwan is worth savoring and sharing with everyone.

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  • Rex Kandhai

    Rex Kandhai

    Rex Kandhai

    Hi I’m Rex Kandhai, a photographer from Queens, NY. Member of the Queens Street Photography Crew and New York City Street Photography Collective.
    Last summer I took a photo of a bunch of teenagers in Astoria Park, doing their teenage thing. The flash on my Contax is as bright as the sun in a sequin dress so it caught them off guard in a big fucking way. There was a pause after the shot where they silently pondered “what the fuck” and I waited for their reaction. One of the girls ended the silence by screaming “Do it again!”. That moment was worth spending 8 hours shooting in a heatwave.
    Since 2014 I’ve been taking photos compulsively. It’s the best way for me to interact with the world. I used to look down when I walked and now I look at everything. Anything can become interesting, a piece of art, something to smile at depending on how it’s framed.  New York City, my home, is the best collaborator an artist can ask for and I’ll never take it for granted. It provides the raw, unfiltered humanity that we all need a dose of. I’m more then happy to provide it in my work.  And to whoever reads this, next time you’re in the city let’s grab a beer and a slice and get some shooting in.

    About Collection

    This collection of photos taken over the course of the last 3-4 years is a sample of how I see the world, what interests me, makes me laugh and makes my heart beat. I hope it makes you feel the way I did when I took them.

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  • Dan Fenstermacher

    Dan Fenstermacher

    Dan Fenstermacher

    Dan Fenstermacher merges documentary storytelling, and street photography with both humor and activism.  Fenstermacher was recently selected as the winner of the 2020 Miami Street Photography Festival International Series Contest and the 15th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest for the American Experience category.
    Fenstermacher has photographic experience on four continents including a multi-media internship in Accra, Ghana, as a portrait photographer in Sydney, Australia, a Professor of Fine Arts at Xiangfan University in China, and as an artist-in-residence in San Ramon Costa Rica.  His work about mental illness and stigma has been featured in The Huffington Post.
    He holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography from San Jose State University, is a member of the Bay Area Photographers Collective, and teaches photography at West Valley Community College.

    “What’s Eating You?”

    This series shows the end of the lifecycle of animals raised for sale and consumption at Klong Toey market in Bangkok, Thailand.
    Through these photographs I aim to take viewers on a visual tour of the famous market, including all of its humor, charm, bustling activity, and also the not-so-pretty side of the market as well. Klong Toey is a wonderful backdrop to explore the intricacies of vibrant culture.
    With the stark reality of the meat industry becoming ever more apparent via new media and social change, viewers can decide for themselves if what you they eating is helping or hurting the environment and their bodies.

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