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10/29/2008 10:20:55 AM · #26

Street photography is about capturing a slice of real life. My feeling is that it is in essense "unposed". History is full of fantastic street photography that also includes wars, poverty, depression, death, etc., lots of it was shocking and some photographs (like from Vietnam for example) had a profound effect on the course of events. The subject is not the point. In my mind street photography is about real life on the street. The biggest issue is not what slice of life you photograph. The issue is how did you capture a REAL slice of life? Posing just does not fit the bill for me.

Imagine a war photographer getting someone to model as a dead or wounded soldier and trying to explain "Its not a real soldier. I do not like to photograph dead soldiers. So I got someone to model for me. It is not real, but it gives you a good idea what a real one looks like".

Message edited by author 2008-10-29 10:32:24.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/29/2008 10:46:26 AM · #28

Originally posted by CarlvanHeerden:

Street photography is about capturing a slice of real life. My feeling is that it is in essense "unposed". History is full of fantastic street photography that also includes wars, poverty, depression, death, etc., lots of it was shocking and some photographs (like from Vietnam for example) had a profound effect on the course of events. The subject is not the point. In my mind street photography is about real life on the street. The biggest issue is not what slice of life you photograph. The issue is how did you capture a REAL slice of life? Posing just does not fit the bill for me.

Imagine a war photographer getting someone to model as a dead or wounded soldier and trying to explain "Its not a real soldier. I do not like to photograph dead soldiers. So I got someone to model for me. It is not real, but it gives you a good idea what a real one looks like".

I didn't enter this challenge, but I would like to point out that it's not a street photography challenge. It's a poverty challenge. And they ask for your interpretation of it, not reality.

cloudsme

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM

10/29/2008 10:24:27 PM · #30

Originally posted by CarlvanHeerden:

Street photography is about capturing a slice of real life. My feeling is that it is in essense "unposed". History is full of fantastic street photography that also includes wars, poverty, depression, death, etc., lots of it was shocking and some photographs (like from Vietnam for example) had a profound effect on the course of events. The subject is not the point. In my mind street photography is about real life on the street. The biggest issue is not what slice of life you photograph. The issue is how did you capture a REAL slice of life? Posing just does not fit the bill for me.

Imagine a war photographer getting someone to model as a dead or wounded soldier and trying to explain "Its not a real soldier. I do not like to photograph dead soldiers. So I got someone to model for me. It is not real, but it gives you a good idea what a real one looks like".

Not long ago Reuters published a bunch of doctored war photos from Palestine. I'm sure its been done many times before that. I do think a few photographers try to document reality, but most of us try to alter reality to express ourselves.

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