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The loss of intimacy in street photography

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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…

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homelessness in Chicago street photography

Ethics In Street and Documentary Photography: Photographing Homelessness

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Social media street photographer: “Don’t do this, most street photographers consider photographing homeless people without their express permission to be disrespectful and intrusive.” Me: Isn’t the nature of street photography itself intrusive and disrespectful at some level? Should we develop…

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More stuff won’t get you there

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Don’t buy more guitar gear. Spend the money on music lessons and practice more. Just like with photography, people get lost in GAS… I gave many photo workshops to rich white folks who had 15k worth of camera gear hanging…

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The Impact of AI on Social Documentary Photography and Photojournalism

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The Impact of AI on Social Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Please help this website by sharing my content on your social media platforms. This is an awesome way to help my efforts with no cost to you. Thanks! I can…

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Social documentary photography: When photo "subjects" become your friends

Social documentary photography: When photo “subjects” become your friends

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All photography is documentary. But, not all documentary is social… There is a big difference between cutting out vacation photos and gluing them into a scrapbook/journal, and serious social documentary photography. Both have their place, but they are not the…

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A healthy photographic diet

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Are you feeling well,  photographically? Or, are you feeling a bit queezy? Are you sharing your photos on Facebook groups and Instagram? How much time do you spend looking at photo books? Has this affected your photography? ( photo by…

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Photography as Political Propaganda: From Robert Frank to Matt Black

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While photographs may not lie, people sure do! Here are some of my thoughts about Matt Black’s photo project, Unamerican Dream.

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Street photography is NOT documentary photography!

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Many people seem to be confused as to the differences between the popular activity of street photography and the more serious work of documentary photography. Many street photographers like the hitch street photography to the documentary wagon. 

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