Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, My thoughts on street photography -- if I may -- is that it's a captured event at the release of the shutter. The subject is not singular, it's neither the person(s), nor the environment -- which includes the photographer -- but the photographer's random perception of an occurrence on the street, in which people are usually included. There is nothing contrived -- it's purely a natural occurrence, and people are seen as they are. Done correctly, it's terrific, it's harmless, it's fun -- and it's an art form -- in my philosophical opinion. Pete On 8/19/07, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > I've been curious for years why it is that the norm in street photography > is > not to interact with the subjects. I am primarily a portrait person, and > everything about portraiture involves interacting with the subject. The > street photographs that get the most accolades seem to be those in which > the > photographed subjects do not show awareness of the photographer. I always > find that unsettling. > > Why is this? Is there some philosophical basis, or is it just habit? > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >