This is not going to be a popular opinion. However, in the course of starting a discussion, sometimes it is helpful to speak from a dissenting position. I want to talk about street photography.
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Having spent the last couple of years furnishing its OM-D line of compact system cameras with a variety of differently priced options, Olympus has been pretty quiet on the PEN front. Sure, there was the handsome PEN F camera announced back in January, although as the sole recent arrival in the series, its entry-level proposition has essentially been left unchanged. digitalrev.com »
2016-09-19 03:00
I, like many of you, dream of beautiful lenses that have image quality dripping with nice bokeh. And in so many ways, the Nikon 35mm f1. 2 Z S lens is capable of doing exactly that. With a bright f1.
"I’m aware that my images could easily blend into the vast sea of work out there," says photographer Lorenzo Grifantini about the democratization of street photography. "But what keeps me going—and keeps my enthusiasm alive—is the personal question of whether what I’m creating feels meaningful to me," he explains.
There are images where you'll always wonder what's going on. And really, these are some of the most powerful photographs you can make. In fact, it's a big part of photojournalism. If you didn't know about what 9/11 was, for example, you'd find David Handschuh's award winning image to be rather ambiguous.
If you're a big fan of street photography, then you're probably really curious about the title of this article. Most street photographers tend to use film cameras or if they're using digital, then they go for something smaller.
Commuters in England are highly dependent on public transport to go anywhere. Both trains and buses thus play a critical role for people in the middle and lower-income groups. Quite recently, the BBC also reported that the bus fare price will rise to three pounds from two, which is being met with criticism.
"It's not specific colors or patterns that attract me, but interesting light and, at times, absurdity," says photographer Colin Czerwinski to the Phoblographer in an interview. "By absurdity, I mean something tongue-in-cheek.
Meryl Meisler is a legend of street photography. Before people like Erica Reade were making it cool to photograph Beach Lovers, Meryl did it at Fire Island and other places. Her work is a refreshing dive into nostalgia, love, and the sides of humanity that put smiles on our faces when everything else isn't.