Street photography should be about capturing the human experience in an urban setting. Today, it seems things have somehow been reversed; the urban environment is now the subject of the photo, with the human serving as little more than a…
Documenting the Human Experience
Street photography should be about capturing the human experience in an urban setting. Today, it seems things have somehow been reversed; the urban environment is now the subject of the photo, with the human serving as little more than a…
What John Free taught me about “straight” photography Not just “street photography” but “straight photography.” John Free was a social documentary/street photographer who lived in Los Angeles. John and I spent time together photographing in Chicago. I first discovered John…
Dragged Into War – The End of America First Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted what prompted the U.S. to launch joint military strikes with Israel on Iran. Rubio said the U.S. was aware of Israel’s intent to launch the…
Whatever happened to America first and no more foreign wars? The U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on Saturday. So far, things are not going as planned. I think Trump was betting that once he removed the…
In this podcast on street photography, I discuss what I study and how I work to make better imagery in my documentary photography. Chicago Street Photography – Alley Boys – Exhibit A Take a look at this image from my…
Where does the “right” for the State of Israel to exist come from? Who are the people entitled to this land? Seems like straightforward questions, and yet, the US ambassador and Jewish Rabbi Mike Huckabee can’t answer the question! When…
An overview of social documentary photography Street photography, photojournalism, and social documentary photography have long been understood to be three related fields of photography. In this podcast, I give an overview of what social documentary photography is, and what separates…
Faceless and distant silhouettes, dark unknown phantoms standing in shafts of light, crowds of people with their backs turned, super-high-density colors with microscopic resolution – but no soul, no universal gesture, no human connection. That’s what we generally see being…