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::Weekly Street Photography - march 8th part II::

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classically 'street' shot i've seen from you in a long time--the unusual ingredient here is enough context for the viewer to appreciate the street as a place where things happen, encounters take place, and unplanned interactions abound. much more interesting to my taste than floating faces.

well done.
 
..as I consider this one of my weakest in recent weeks, barely worth showing :),
and very much bordering on an obvious (and hence rather boring), if not for the
rather lovely sunset light you'd not see this at all :)

have a nice day,
happy shooting,
jpr2
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wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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Peter Dumont said:
Peter Dumont wrote:

I would like to know who you consider the top 10 in Street photography ?
and which pic do you consider his/her best ?
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Brassai of course - historically a true father of the genre, as he started to do it quite few years before HCB, and Atget's oeuvre is too static (but he and then HCB are the close second, and a bit more uncertain third, with Robert Doisneau close follow, and then Dorothea Lange, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, and Alfred Stieglitz - as you can see I'm quite conservative in my tastes).

Here are eight of the best by Brassai (the remaining two are not street):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/detail/
although there are dozens more to which I do not have a ready link,

jpr2
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wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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Peter,

is BG historical then? and why did you put a question mark - your own formulation of this query seems to look for certain favorites?

anyway, I do wonder whether BG's ambush approach technique is SP at all? as besides breaking all rules of SP's non-intrusive manner, behavior and conduct, it seems more PJ (or even a very specific kind of paparazzi invasion),

jpr2
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wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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Thank you, Frank- I'm going to take you up on that one spring day. Most generous of you, and I'd love to pick your brain.
Sal
fad said:
Well, if you want to shoot downtown and would like some company,
email me privately at [myfirstname] at [mylastname]capital dot [com].

I know where the fish are biting... ;-)

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Frank
http://www.sidewalkshadows.com
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what is cool and compelling about this shot is that while both the interior and the exterior seem to be shot through glass, the infant, either through careful shooting or PP, exists in a different visual space from everything else. He/she seems clear and substantial, while everything else seems to be floating in light, reflections or other visual attenuations.

And a tree seems to be growing out of his forehead, just slightly reminiscent of the tree-of-life theme in primitive American art and crafts.

So there is actually this complex psychological reality. The infant is in an unexpected location, on display and available for perusal, perhaps even sale, like the newspapers (which is a fantastical conceit), while at the same time the infant is the most visually solid element and the rest is visually fantastical, as if he were dreaming the whole dreamscape.

Ian, you have entered new realms of flinty New England surrealism here. Congratulations.
jpr2 said:
bughunter said:
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Ian,

this is very good, and Peter's suggestion induced me to look at it
differently;
it seems that almost square composition - starting from the bottom -
brings
a lot of dynamics into it (can not be sure, though, as copyright
marks obscure
my clarity at crucial points :)),

well done

jpr2
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wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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Frank
http://www.sidewalkshadows.com
 
jpr2 said:
Peter,

is BG historical then? and why did you put a question mark - your own
formulation of this query seems to look for certain favorites?

anyway, I do wonder whether BG's ambush approach technique is SP at
all? as besides breaking all rules of SP's non-intrusive manner,
behavior and conduct, it seems more PJ (or even a very specific kind
of paparazzi invasion),
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Hi Quercy,

I agree that BG's ambush style breaks all YOUR rules of non-intrusive SP,
but he is a (living) legend and what he does most certainly IS a form of SP.

Thank you for your reply - I have to check out some of the names you mentioned.

Bye,



http://www.pbase.com/peter_dumont
 
Thanks for sharing the Brassai pictures Quercy. Having not paid much attention to his work, I learned something. I can see the similarities with your work - the meaningful glance, the pregnant moment, the stolen kiss...

Here are my top ten with a sample photo, fwiw,

Kertesz



HCB



Frank



William Klein



Atget



Winogrand



Helen Levitt



DeCarava



Davidson



Koudelka



Hmmm. All are b/w. What am I doing working in color?

Peter thanks for raising this because I had almost stopped looking at great photogs
work.

Ihtisham
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http://gcphotoblog.com

'if we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called 'research'.' (attributed to Einstein)
 
Chinese artists used to create albums, often each in a different style, of small pictures. So that is my conceit here --different takes on the grayness of a gray, overcase day. Though, of course, this is so rough and improvised, it's not really the same thing, but maybe the idea of the same thing.

Downtown: Old and new downtown



Downtown: Regrouping for more shopping



Midtown: selling beauty



Midtown: Posting no bills



Bistrot: American school of SP



Midtown: The treasures of the world:



Envy:



Bistrot: European School of SP



Midtown: The friendly streets



Midtown: Eternal bliss:



Midtown: Preparing for a coronation:



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Frank
http://www.sidewalkshadows.com
 
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