street photography It has something that catches us from minute one. The ability to capture not only an unrepeatable moment but also that of an era is what personally fascinates me the most. Today I would like to introduce you to a few street photographers who are a reference and in which you can be inspired, but if you want to go deeper, do not miss the mega guide that we have prepared for you with all the tips and tricks of Street Photography.
If you can smell the street when looking at the photo, then it’s street photography
Bruce Gilden
When you photograph the street, you photograph life, the essence of a community, of an era, of human relationships, and all these street photographers do (or have done) fantastically well.
1. Alex Webb
alex webb (San Francisco, May 5, 1952), is an American street photographer, member of the Magnum Agency since 1979.
He studied History and Literature at Harvard and Photography at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.. Their mastery of light, color, composition Y the decisive moment They are impressive. She has worked for magazines like National GeographicGEO, etc
Some of his publications:
I invite you to browse his website because his images are really impressive: http://www.webbnorriswebb.co/
2. Brian Lloyd Duckett
This street photographer is an ambassador for Fujifilm and the author of Mastering Street Photography Y 52 Assignments: Street Photographyin addition to teaching numerous photography courses.
You can follow their website and his YouTube channel that focuses on Street Photography:
3.Bruce Gilden
Bruce Gilden was born in Brooklyn (New York) in 1946. He studied sociology and later taught some classes at the New York School of Visual Arts, although he considers himself a self-taught street photographer.
Bruce Gilden is an iconic street photographer with a unique way of working with and conceiving of street space, especially New York City. in his photographs gets very close to subjects Y usually uses an external flash, with the aim that its protagonists are aware of its presence.
I’m known for taking pictures very close, and the older I get, the closer I get.
Bruce Gilden
Some of his publications:
Here you can see how it works:
Four. daido moriyama
Daido Moriyama is a Japanese street photographer whose work is characterized by his direct and radical style, his blurs and the high contrast black and white.
Taking a photograph is an act of intentionally memorizing a certain moment in the tunnel of eternal time.
Daido Moriyama
Here you can see his reflections on street photography:
Some of his works:
5. David Alan Harvey
David Alan Harvey is an American photographer located in North Carolina. He has been a member of the Magnum Agency since 1997, has worked for Geographic and was named Photographer of the Year in 1978 by the National Press Photographers Association.. He is the founder of the magazine Burn, where it shows the work of emerging photographers.
Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.
David Alan Harvey
This talk about his photography is highly recommended:
6.David Gibson
David Gibson has been a British street photographer for over 30 years and a photography writer. He was one of the founders of In-Public and is one of the most iconic street photographers still active.
His work has been exhibited in places such as the Museum of London or the Museum of the City of New York among many other places.
Some of his publications:
7. Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus (New York, 1923 -1971) recognized as one of the best photographers, began working for fashion magazines but quickly became interested in street photography.
Starting in the 1960s, he focused on portraying the slums of New York to select the characters he portrayed, including dwarfs, giants, nudists, stripperstranssexuals and prostitutes.
His work has been exhibited in places such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
8. Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange, although she is not strictly a street photographer since her photographs are more photojournalistic, I think it is worth knowing her for the iconic nature of some of her images. She is famous for portraying the Great Depression that devastated the US and for images like the one I present below.
Some of his publications:
9. Elliott Erwitt
Elliot Erwitt is an American photographer born in Paris in 1948 and emigrated after World War II to the USA. He has a long career as a street photographer and in various publications. In 1953 he was invited to work for the Magnum Agency by Robert Capa. 15 years later he became its president.
His documentary style and his intelligent and ironic humor is easily recognizable.
Nothing happens while you are sitting at home. Whenever I can I like to take a camera with me everywhere. So I can shoot what interests me at the right time
Elliott Erwitt
Some of his publications:
10. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-2004) was a famous French photographer considered by many to be the father of photo-reportage and the “decisive moment”. He was a co-founder of the Magnum Agency and his work has been exhibited in such impressive places as the Louvre museum.
Throughout his career, he covered important events, such as the death of Gandhi or the Spanish Civil War, he also portrayed characters such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Henri Cartier Bresson was the first Western journalist to visit the Soviet Union, after Stalin’s death.
11. Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz is an American photographer who studied Art, Art History, and Medical Illustration at Ohio University.
While working as an art director at an advertising agency, he came across the work of Robert Frank and knew he wanted to pursue street photography. He is one of the first street photographers to use color in street photography as a serious art form where black and white reigned supreme. He has been doing street photography for over 50 years.
Your book Cape Light it is considered a masterpiece of color in photography.
Other publications:
What you put in the frame determines the photograph
Joel Meyerowitz
12. Martin Parr
Martin Parr He studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic from 1970 to 1973. In 1994 he joined the Magnum Agency. He has been a photography teacher and has won many awards such as the Erich Salomon Prize, or the Sony World Photography Award, among others.
His work is characterized by saturated colors, sense of humor and irony and focuses on lifestyle of people mainly from Great Britain. I recommend that you follow him on Instagram.
13. Matt Stuart
matt stuart is a street photographer nominated member of the Magnum Agency and formerly a member of the collective In-Public. He directs street photography workshops and also works as an advertising photographer as well as being a benchmark when it comes to street photography.
Their compositions and his way of working the color They are excellent.
14. Nikos Economopoulos
This photographer of Greek origin stands out for his black and white photographs and lately also in colour. His work on the Balkans earned him the Mother Jones Award and entry to the Magnum Agency.
Being on the road, traveling without a predetermined purpose, looking around me with visual curiosity and being surprised by what I encounter. While shooting, somehow, thinking is suspended. It is like playing a game with reality
Nikos Economopoulos
15. Vivian Maier
Vivian Mayer was a posthumously discovered American photographer who worked photographing the streets of New York while working as a nanny for a family.
His photographs are fascinating accounts of the cities of New York and had a great impact when they were discovered. I highly recommend the documentary «Finding Vivian Maier», I leave you the trailer below:
Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever. We have to make room for other people. It’s a wheel. You get on, you have to go to the end. And then somebody has the same opportunity to go to the end and so on.
Vivian Mayer
Publications on the work of Vivian Maier:
So far the selection of these 15 street photographers that are worth knowing. I hope they inspire you and help you improve as a photographer. Although there are many more, they are a good number with which to start investigating 😉 .
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