Mo Gelber is an NYC based street photographer, who gravitated towards the craft to sooth the pain he had been carrying most of his life. When recounting his childhood he tells us, “I grew up in a dysfunctional home full of violence” he continues “my father would let out all his personal frustrations on me”.
His suffering needed solace and it was street photography that what going to bridge the gap between the two. . thephoblographer.com
One of the most common misconceptions about the world's best street photographers then and now is that they get perfect snaps with every click of the shutter. However, that can't be farther from the truth. thephoblographer.com »
2019-10-08 16:00
“It encouraged me to discover what I actually did over the next 18 days - without limits”. These are the words of Omar Essam as he describes the impact Japan had on him and his street photography. Having found himself in a rut, Italian born Omar planned a trip to the other side of the world. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-26 19:00
“It encouraged me to discover what I actually did over the next 18 days - without limits”. These are the words of Omer Essam as he describes the impact Japan had on him and his street photography. Having found himself in a rut, Italian born Omer planned a trip to the other side of the world. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-26 19:00
“It encouraged me to discover what I actually did over the next 18 days - without limits”. These are the words of Omer Essam as he describes the impact Japan had on him and his street photography. Having found himself in a rut, Italian born Omer planned a trip to the other side of the world. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-26 19:00
Photographer Stuart Hendricks practices street photography with his Sony a6300. His favorite lens is the Sigma 56mm f1. 4, but for a short while he decided to give the Sigma 16mm f1. 4 a spin around the streets of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam. thephoblographer.com »
2019-03-31 07:00
Romeo Doneza began his journey in street photography back in 2012. Like many, he fell into the genre, soon after finding himself needing to get his fix in order to be able to function in the normal world. thephoblographer.com »
2019-03-04 23:00
"People tell their own stories about my photos, they discover new things and the photos evoke a narrative stream within them" says Burgin, a German street photographer from Berlin. What's evident is his strong ambition to connect with his audience and for his work to take them on a journey. thephoblographer.com »
2018-12-21 14:00
At a time when everyone has the means to dive into street photography, how do you make your photos different from everyone else's? Joel Meyerowitz, another legendary name in the field, offers an insightful answer. thephoblographer.com »
2017-08-23 10:00
Kaiman Wong (who has recently left DigitalRev TV) continued to create video contents in his own Youtube Channel and we found his recent video comparison of popular street photography lenses, 50mm vs 35mm vs 28mm to be educational and useful especially for newcomers to street photography. thephoblographer.com »
2016-12-08 20:02
It hit me when being a few feet away from him and hearing his conversations: there will soon be a day that the world loses incredible photographers like Jamel Shabazz. Jamel is part of a breed of photographer that is disappearing -- he's a personable photographer who can speak with people and that puts them before the idea of taking pictures.
"Action, emotion, mystery, and/or a story," says Sean Fryxell to the Phoblographer in an interview when asked about what he looks for in good street photography. "Street photography is extraordinarily difficult because not all actions and stories translate immediately well into a picture.
Arlene Gottfried was a striking street photographer of 1970s and 1980s New York City, when Times Square was more gritty than it was Disney, to say the least. The archive of her work amounts to hundreds of boxes of film which her family is working to preserve. [Read More]
Stare at the lead image of this article. If you're looking at the image above and not having your mind make so many different associations, you're probably not very in tune with what's going on. It's almost impossible to not see the irony.
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz has a brand new exhibit that photographers won't want to miss -- and that many may even take for granted. In the artistic sense, color photography never used to be taken very seriously.
The Nikon Zf was worth the wait. And the company picked the best time to launch it: amidst the monotony and boring features that every other manufacturer has been producing. All cameras feel the same.
If I had a week, I still wouldn't have enough time to elucidate why the Nikon Zf is the company's most perfect camera to date. I could start with how it appeals to your emotional and sensory availability as a photographer and how the tool is an inherent part of it, but that's not what we're here to discuss.