Street Photography Blog
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Street Photography Timeline: From Daguerre to Digital
A Short Timeline of Street Photography Street photography did not begin as one clean movement, and it has never had only one definition. It grew from photographers using the camera to record ordinary life in public: streets, shopfronts, work, leisure, chance encounters and the changing shape of cities. This short timeline gives you landmarks to…
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Why Street Photography? A Way of Paying Attention
Why Make Street Photographs? Street photography is a way of paying attention to public life. It happens in the space between a plan and a surprise: a gesture, a reflection, a strange meeting of people and light, or the small theatre of an ordinary street. You do not need an exotic place for it. You…
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Where to take photos in Berlin?
The best locations for street photography in Berlin- The ultimate guide. Since I’ve been shooting the streets in Berlin for a bunch of years already, and asked many times what are the places I recommend to shoot in, I decided of making a short guide that summarizes the locations of where I recommend street photographers to grab their gear…
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Analog street photography
This is a personal field note from an analog street photography session in Berlin, made with a Canon AE-1 and Kodak Gold 200. It is not a camera review; it is a record of how that simple film setup felt while walking, looking and waiting for pictures in the city. On this page: Analog Street…
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About My Street Photography: The Art of Coincidence
The Art of Coincidence Street photography has been part of the way I move through the world for a long time. I do not go out looking for a fixed picture. I carry a camera, pay attention and allow the street to surprise me. A glance, a pattern, an awkward meeting of people and space,…