[Leica] Street Photography: a meme invented on the internet/aahhhh STREET PHOTOGRAPHY? :-)

[Ted Grant]

As we are telling our tales on "STREET PHOTOGRAPHY" I might as well tell
mine from the days of so long ago my interpretation from the era was not
what it is and has been of course the reality. :-)

I recall seeing something about street photography in one of the photo
magazines of the day that included a few images of people on streets in a
somewhat upscale part of the city.

ME? " Hey nice looking street!"  So off I went doing a picture series of
"STREET PHOTOGRAPHS!" Not necessarily with people or about people! Just
beautiful kinds of scenic's of "beautiful streets in Ottawa, Canada." :-) Oh
well I hadn't really read the article correctly and missed what "STREET
PHOTOGRAPHY" meant..... People and LIFE on and about the streets of wherever
as it's still understood and practiced today.

I think what we have today are the mega-million iphone people clicking
street life  and possibly the younger set believing it is a new fad in
photography due to the iphone??? POSSIBLY??

cheers,
Dr. ted  

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Phil Swango
Sent: May-02-15 10:27 PM
To: LUG
Subject: [Leica] Street Photography: a meme invented on the internet

Mark, I'm surprised to hear you say you never heard the term until very
recently.  I've heard it used for years to refer to the school of photogs
like Winogrand, Frank, Klein, Friedlander, etc., who worked with 35mm
cameras mostly in urban settings to capture the feel and look of life on
the urban streets.  There's an excellent book on the history of the genre:
"Bystander: A History of Street Photography," that's well worth a read.
<
http://www.amazon.com/Bystander-History-Street-Photography-Afterword/dp/0821
227262/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430629487&sr=1-3&keywords=bystander
>

The authors say that the term originated in the 19th century to describe
photographers who set up their tripods on urban sidewalks and offered to
take portraits of passersby for a fee and deliver the prints by mail.  It
evolved through the years to refer to other genres of work shot in street
settings.

There used to be an online group hosted by John Brownlow that focused on
the genre but it is no longer up AFAIK.  I can't remember the name of the
group, but others here once belonged.

I like the term myself and would happily use it to describe any work I've
done in that setting.

Yay!  I'm a street photographer!


-- 
Phil Swango
307 Aliso Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505-262-4085

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