[Leica] Street Photography

[Gerry Walden]

Why are we getting so hung up on titles, just press the f***ing button!

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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> On 23 Sep 2019, at 09:14, Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> Gerry Walden
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>> On 23 Sep 2019, at 08:54, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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>> A long time contributor to National Geographic he's always been a photojournalist and that what he does it photojournalism.
>> He's not about to embrace a new job description title or a photo discprtion title became some kids came up with it yesterday.
>> A young new out photog though just might.
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>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photographer
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>> On 9/23/19, 3:00 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>>   Does this guy qualify as « Street » ? 
>>   https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/person/william-allard/ <https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/person/william-allard/>
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>>   Or does our own PJ doc Ted OC refer to himself as street when shooting doctors at the clinic or horses in the wild?
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>>   In both cases, it is neither street, nor landscape, nor indoors or outdoors, it is (beautiful) Photography, capital P, IMHO
>> 
>>   Amities
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>>   Philippe
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>>> Le 22 sept. 2019 à 21:18, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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>>> This is a little late to the thread.  My basic point is that "Street"
>>> photography is essentially capturing humans as they are in mostly public
>>> places.  We can be overtly political like Robert Frank pointing out
>>> uncomfortable truths, we can be artistic in finding everyday art out in
>>> the streets and parks like much of HCB's work, we can show the amusing side
>>> of life like LLuis's many sign juxtapositions.
>>> 
>>> I think that capturing people in their culture, disarmed from pretensions
>>> put on when our subjects know they are being photographed can be some of
>>> the most important images for posterity that are taken.  Even editorial
>>> work such as Mary Ellen Mark and "Indian Circus" truly add to understanding
>>> about people in places or situations that most of us will never be.
>>> 
>>> I think that for further discussion we should all look at Johnny Deadman's
>>> Pink Headed Bug discussions about Street from what 10 years ago?
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com
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