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Street…without PeoplePART IV
The series of 5 articles about Street Photography made by *myraincheck and slightly edited by moi* continues with:
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY…WITHOUT PEOPLE
First things first let's remember that street photography is not so much about the subjects as it is a style of photographing, a 'forma mentis', a way to think, see, capture images. A forma mentis that can be summed up in the ability of RE-INTERPRETING, RE-CONTEXTUALIZING, giving a different interpretation, placing in a different context, the reality around us, giving it an additional significant meaning.
Even if the classic structure of street photography is a meaningful interaction between human and surroundings, we can have street photos where the human element is not physically present. Sometimes it can be symbolized by other elements, sometimes it is completely absent. Let's show some examples:
SYMBOLIC HUMAN PRESENCE
The human element is not physically present, but t
Goodbye Street GalleryIn few days, a whole year will have passed since the day I took over dA's Street Gallery as Street Community Volunteer.
A neglected gallery, full of misplaced images, but also with many worthy submissions.
I visited this galllery everyday, cleaning it (the 24h and 1month popular pages) and informing the photographers of the misplaced images  (every single one of them), what Street is all about.
At the same time, 3 days per week, I featured a worthy image as a Street Daily Deviation, taking in account your suggestions as well. The featured images were not necessarily the "best" of the featured deviants. My intention was not to feature "bests" but to draw the community's attention, to active Street photographers, both experienced and new to the genre, in order to boost their dedication to Street. I am content because a lot of times I succeeded.
During this year, a lot of people helped me with their suggestions and with working in Groups, promoting the genre and de
Street Photography Tutorial - IPART II
The series of 5 articles about Street Photography made by *myraincheck and slightly edited by moi* continues with:
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL - PART ONE
THE HUMAN SUBJECT
(article from photo4u.it - il portale italiano della fotografia translated and adapted to dA by *myraincheck)
Let's close our eyes and imagine going out in the streets and looking for unusual things. What do we expect to find? People, first of all.
That's good, the HUMAN PRESENCE is a fundamental element of street photography.
If we want to use only this ingredient, we'll be able to realize a true street photo only if the person we capture will have something unusual or interesting or is doing something unusual or interesting. Otherwise we'll have a good portrait, an enviromental portrait, a wide portrait whatever, but not a street photo.
The Essence of "Street"PART V
The series of 5 articles about Street Photography made by *myraincheck and slightly edited by moi* ends with:
WHAT IS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY?
Trying to define a genre of photography like Street, it implies the consciousness that one definition will never be enough, or exhaustive, or able to cover the molteplicity of its possibilities and situations. Nevertheless let's try to comprehend the philosophy behind the passion for street photography.
Let's start stating that a street photo is not a  photography of streets and it is not necessarily a photo taken in a street. So what does 'street' mean? Street is whatever background or surrounding, not staged, not posed by the photgrapher. And street is whatever photography which captures, explores humanity, the human behaviour, the relationships between individuals and between individuals and their surroundings.
"The essence of street photography is the impulse to take candid pictures in the
Street Photography Tutorial - IIPART III
The series of 5 articles about Street Photography made by *myraincheck and slightly edited by moi* continues with:
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL - PART TWO
COMBINATION OF HUMANs+SURROUNDINGS
Photographing together human presence and surroundings, combining them in something interesting and unusual, we obtain the classic structure of a street photography.
But mind you, it is not enough taking a photo with people and surroundings to have a good street photo! Remember that we have to strike, surprise, trigger an emotional response.
And that we can do CONNECTING people and surroundings.

  
by Nils Jorgensen

   
by Nils Jorgensen

   
by Nick Turpin
PE: 52 Street tips from the Masters                                     

“If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it’s a street photograph.” — Bruce Gilden
“Turn your attention to the four-legged population.” — Ying Tang
“Take a bus. Do weekly shopping. Pop into a public loo.” — Nils Jorgensen
“Document some evidence of human ingenuity that would otherwise go unnoticed. Do it without including any humans in the picture.” — Michael Wolf
“Get lost in a thicket of signs and structures.” — Wolfgang Zurborn
“Never ignore a cliché.” — Artem Zhitenev
“When you have to shoot: shoot! Don’t talk!” — Il Brutto.
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!meppol Nov 9, 2010
they've seen [link] :D
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`StamatisGR Nov 9, 2010   Photographer
definitely! :D
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*EarthHart Nov 9, 2010
That's some hip shot :nod: :clap:
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`StamatisGR Nov 9, 2010   Photographer
:ahoy:
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*EarthHart Nov 9, 2010
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~absinthFenix Nov 9, 2010  Professional Photographer
I love the moment and the bokeh!

What they are looking at?
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`StamatisGR Nov 9, 2010   Photographer
They are looking at a bunch of lunatic teenagers
who are going to perform a free fall from very high,
strapped in a devil's machine! :D
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~PEN-at-Work Nov 9, 2010
Hip shot!
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`StamatisGR Nov 9, 2010   Photographer
sure!
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`davincipoppalag Nov 9, 2010
Very cool capture. In school sometimes my friends and me would stand on the street in town and look up like we were seeing something.. people would stand there looking .. it was funny
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