I'm not going to say that Steve Madden's The Grind hits me deep; because it's not hitting me at all. Instead, it's not doing anything that violent vernacular can put into words. It's speaking my particular dialect of photography in the same way that someone from North Carolina would understand another person who spent formative years in that state.

We've interviewed a ton of great street photographers this year; but one who is truly standing out to me is Steve Madden. He combines the dream of Cartier Bresson with the aesthetic of Olga Karlovac and turns them into photographs that resembles baroque paintings. This aesthetic has really come into style in 2024; and we hope that it becomes pervasive throughout 2025. . thephoblographer.com

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