Over the past decade Steve Panariti has traveled the world, capturing models for big brands and, at the same time, documenting the real life “behind the scenes”. With the polaroid and the film he photographed what happens behind the camera: gestures, suspended and fatigued glances of models surprised in moments of relaxation, of unsuspecting cleaners and simple passers-by that convey, everyone, a sense of discomfort and restlessness.
Diamonds is an experiment in which the “out of focus” takes shape, neither imagined nor imaged, but harshly real and ultimately central.
It is a present-day jigsaw puzzle filled with nameless inhabitants of peripheral spaces, empty architecture and withdrawing lights the day’s end.
“We’ll never be as young as we are tonight,” echoed Buster Casey. Every night we forgo a sliver of our purity, and give up a grain of our audacity.
The photographs reveal the same idea found in the unwholesome pose of the adolescent, in those who have passed out and sleep on the streets.
The frailty of essence reveals our defective side, the shameless side, the side capable of dirtying itself since it is often closer to the ground: the unlikable side, that we seek to hide is there, but cannot be illuminated.
This part wants no responsibility. It ponders other, deeper thoughts: lingering in the instability that nears the authenticity of life. And thus, we become strong, stronger than we ever thought.
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.
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Steve Panariti
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Matheus Gomes
I was born in 1994 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where I’ve studied graphic design and now I run my own design studio. I bought my first camera in 2014, by the time I was still in college and had the assignment to create a photographic series about the city’s architecture. Although the results of this first experience were not great, it awoke in me a passion for photography and I have not stopped ever since. Whenever I go out I always try to bring my camera with me, shooting influenced by some classics like Alex Webb, David Alan Harvey, Bruce Gilden, Sebastião Salgado, Fan Ho, and others.
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“What lays in the shadows” is a series that reunites some photos characterized by the main features of most of my work: people surrounded by shadows, or even creating their own shadows, becoming thus these unrevealed attributes of my photos. The shots were taken between 2017 and 2020 in Belo Horizonte, New York, São Paulo, Arraial do Cabo, and Curitiba’s cities. And all of them work with the daylight as a blinding property of the shots
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Melissa O’Shaughnessy
I am a New York based photographer who discovered the pleasures of street photography relatively late in life after studying journalism and art history and working as a book editor and president of a small investment firm. After quitting work to spend more time with my three children, I spent years learning the craft of darkroom-based black and white photography.
Gradually, black and white gave way to color and the street became the primary focus of my photography. I’ve learned that I can only see and make interesting pictures on days when I have a clear head and an open heart, which I find to be a deeply satisfying way to exist in the world, whether I have a camera with me or not.
I am a member of UP, an international collective of 26 photographers. My first book, Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs, will be published by Aperture in the fall of 2020.[thb_button_text link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.melissaoshaughnessy.com|title:Melissa%20O’Shaughnessy%20website|target:%20_blank|”][thb_button_text link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fmelissaoshaughnessy%2F|title:Melissa%20O’Shaughnessy%20instagram|target:%20_blank|”] -
Elena Alexandra
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She studied Psychology, Political Science, and Arts in Russia, Germany, and Spain. Trained as a classical painter, she discovered her passion for street photography while working as a newspaper reporter in Madrid. Since then, she is capturing street scenes of her daily life and life in South America, whilst traveling. Elena´s work has been exhibited in San Francisco, USA; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Palermo, Italy; Częstochowa, Poland, and New York, USA. She won the second place for the “Moment” Award, the 1st International Biennale of Street Photography 2019, Częstochowa, Poland. Known as @bloomsofmind on Instagram, Elena is a curator of a @fromstreetswithlove street photography feature site. Besides Elena´s dedication to street photography, she is working as a researcher for e-mental health and an psychotherapist, practising the psychoanalytic approach by James F. Masterson together with existential psychotherapy (R. May, Y. Yalom). In her counseling work, she combines visual and introspective approaches, using photography as a means of expression. Elena is currently living in Hamburg, Germany.
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I love to feel life as you do it in street photography. I enjoy to capture the beauty of everyday moments, to discover magic in ordinary days – every shot you take as a street photographer is ephemeral and unique. Some moments are telling you stories that unveil their deeper meaning only later. To me, street photography is a confession of love to life. It is a spiritual experience of a deeper connection with the world surrounding me. I go out into the world, open my heart and eyes and see what happens next.
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Naoya Takahashi
I live in Saitama Prefecture, Japan and mainly photograph the city of Tokyo. I started photography seriously around 2015, initially taking cityscapes, and around 2018 I discovered street snaps. I was fascinated by the moments and encounters that transcend the imagination.
The purpose of my street snapping is to “share a perspective”. It’s also a suggestion that when you take the camera, you notice interesting moments in the city, and the city is very beautiful when you look through the viewfinder.
It’s not just the dramatic scenes that are interesting. Silhouettes, colors, graphical structures, juxtapositions, and humor are also eligible. I think it is the part of Street Snap’s role to present them. My hope is that sharing a perspective will enrich someone’s heart a little bit.[thb_button_text link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftakahashi_naoya_candid%2F|title:Naoya%20Takahashi%20instagram|target:%20_blank|”] -
Emmanuel Monzon
Emmanuel Monzon is a french photographer and visual artist based in Seattle, WA. He graduated from the Academy of Beaux-Arts in Paris, France with honors. His work has been featured throughout the US, Europe and Asia (through exhibitions, selections and various awards).
Through his work, he explores and questions the signs of urban sprawl in our visual field. His photographic process is being influenced by his plastic art artist background.[thb_button_text link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fadmonzon.format.com|title:Emmanuel%20Monzon%20Website|target:%20_blank|”][thb_button_text link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Femmanuelmonzonphotography%2F|title:Emmanuel%20Monzon%20Instagram|target:%20_blank|”] -
Cristina Embil
I am a woman from the region of Asturias, in the north of Spain. I have always loved photography but I am not a professional, I try to combine photography with my work in a Trade Unión. I have always liked photos that show the energy of the streets, which have layers and can be read as multiple stories. I am very honored to have participated in the 2019 Annual Street Photography Women Expo in New York City, curated by Gulnara Samoilova, Finalist at the Streetfoto San Francisco 2019 contest, Winner of the Brussels Prize at Brussels Street Photo Festival 2019, Finalist at Urban Photo Awards 2019 (Trieste, Italy), Semifinalist and Head On Photo Festival 2020 (Australia)
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I took these photos in the Quartier “Les Marolles” (Brussels), the neighborhood of the real brusseleer conversation. It is inhabited by artisans, non-native workers and the elderly. Some of them offer a desolate image. Men and women like this are part of the neighborhood, they are not isolated. The day I took the same photos there was a very colorful and popular party, a parade of giants also organized by the Spanish colony. We can see people of many cultures, ages and races sharing the party. Elderly with their bags and their Marollien bearing. Children and also whole families in distress sell their “bibelots” hoping to get some money. The neighborhood is dirty not only as a result of the popular street festival of that day, but also of something deeper that emanates from its own essence. In this series, although there are people, these are not the protagonists, but the heart of the neighborhood, which has its own heartbeat.
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Ilan Ben Yehuda
I was born and live in Ramat – Gan, Israel. Work as a graphic designer for the fashion industry in the last twenty years.
I began to interested in photography about twenty years ago, studied film B&W photography at Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv.
In the last years, I am focusing on street photography. Places in which I photograph are Mainly Tel Aviv streets and sea coast, Jerusalem mainly the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim. For my work in Mea Shearim, I won first prize in the religion category in Israeli Docomantry competition “Local Testimony”.[thb_button_text link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Filanbenyehuda%2F|title:Ilan%20ben%20Yehuda%20instagram|target:%20_blank|”]About The Collection
The collection in front of you contains some topics that I work on.
Street photography in general. Animal photography in the urban space and surrealistic documentation of life in the Mea Shearim.
The basis for all my work and common to all these subjects I dealt with in photography is catching the surreal moment and the absurd of human life.
At the moment I have no preference for a particular photography technique and I shoot according to the situation. I usually shoot in high contrasts of light and shadow and sometimes I prefer to use flash and sometimes just shoot.major exhibitions:
2016 finalist, singles at Miami street photography.
2016 finals, series at San Francisco street photography.
2016 first prize Local testimony Israel, religious series.
2017 second, Local testimony Israel, urban series.
2018 second, Local testimony Israel, urban series.
2018 Leica Gallery Prague, “Israeli street moments” with Alex Livac and Gabi Ben Avraham. -
Edas Wong
My name is Edas Wong, living in Hong Kong. I am a day-dreamer and love imagination. Street photography is an excellent media to express my crotchets. There are many surreal scenes which happen around us. What I need are just “go outside”, “stop playing smartphone”, observe” and then “click”. It is rather simple.
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Joseph Cela
I’m primarily a street photographer and fortunate that I have the streets of New York City for inspiration. I was raised in the South Bronx and am of Puerto Rican descent. My shots are not planned – I walk and explore the many parts of the city with my Leica Q hoping to discover what I like to call “frame-able moments”. I try to express the variety of what the street offers in my photography – art, people, oddities, the good, the bad. I find that this type of photography suits my passion as the subject matter is always diverse. I am not a photographer by trade. I only began taking photography seriously about five years ago. In many ways I feel as though I’m still learning to see and to me that’s most important. The ability to stand back and absorb a moment is something many of us rarely do. If you open yourself up to that – the observance of things – there is beauty there to capture.
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Nico Froelich
I am a London-based, freelance photographer who specialises in candid street photography, portraiture and events.
Initially, I dreamt about becoming a screen actor. I would often go for long walks in Central London to observe human behaviour. I saw it as a way of building my craft as an actor. I would tell myself on numerous occasions that I should get a camera to capture some of the scenes that caught my eye and engaged my brain. I eventually purchased my very first camera and I haven’t looked back since.[thb_button_text link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nicofroehlich.com|title:Nico%20Froelich%20website|target:%20_blank|”][thb_button_text link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fnicofroe%2F|title:Nico%20Froelich%20instagram|target:%20_blank|”]About The Collection
Before picking up a camera and exploring the medium I had very little interest in the subtle, visual delights of the world. Such as colour and the way that light can bring colour to life. Photography rekindled my love for the small things. This series of photos is a homage to the medium of photography and the beauty of colour; as well as an exploration of the human condition. Largely romanticised, but always candid and real.
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Jack Simon
I’ve worked as a psychiatrist for the last fifty years in the San Francisco Bay area. Fifteen years ago I became fascinated by the possibilities of photography and now rarely go anywhere without a camera. I enjoy the hunt for that moment of mystery, surprise, and humor in my everyday life. I seek unplanned and unposed images that hint to a larger story, like a publicity still from some forgotten movie. These fragments of fictional stories are drawn from the real world in an odd coupling of my unconscious, my intentions, and chance. I am one of the originating member of the Burn My Eye street photography collective.
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