Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recall for about 10 years ago a Ten Commandments of Street Photographers, and some of those did a good job of weeding out random shooting of anything on the street. Like don't take a picture of a building, or a sleeping bum, or a woman's butt. Jeffery On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:43 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > For me the "best" street photography goes beyond > simply photographing anything and everything > which happens in the streets. > > It seems to me that "street photography" > has become diluted with hundreds of thousands snapshots > which do not "go beyond." > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> I sense that there are fewer fans of street photography, but I cannot say >> why. The Street Photography forum seemed to go from B&W film to color >> digital about 7-8 years ago (when digital became completely usable), and >> the division between street photography and other genres seems to have >> become fuzzy as a result. Lluis's photos seem to still be squarely in the >> genre of street photography. And I see less of this every day. Some of >> the street photography adherents on the LUG seem to have drifted away, >> and some have died. Steve LeHuray really lived and breathed street >> photography with a Leica M that made Garry Winogrand's M4 seem "minty" >> (ebay term) by comparison. Maybe the SPers are a dying breed. After last >> week's heated discussion of about 100 posts on SP, I hope nobody was >> scared off. >> >> I want to get back into Lluis mode soon. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >>> Is street photography dying? I just returned from a major NY area photo >>> show >>> in a community rife with advertising, commercial and TV photographers. >>> There >>> were 60 exhibitors, many of them successful photo professionals. Only one >>> offered what could be called a street photo. There were just three >>> pictures >>> of people, one in the street photo and the other two reasonably formal >>> portraits. The rest were carefully arranged landscapes, flowers, and >>> travel >>> scenes with studied attention to the rules of composition. There was >>> little >>> spontaneity and no apparent joy. It looked like the final exam in a photo >>> school composition class. Everyone was trying to be an ARTIST. How boring >>> compared to the LUG. Fortunately the wine and cheese were good. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information