[Leica] WAS: IMG: early April, NOW: Street Photography 'definition'

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Op 1-mei-07, om 19:31 heeft Luis Ripoll het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe,
>
> I fully agree your criteria, that's more difficult is communicate  
> to the
> spectator the same sentiment you had when you took the image.

I really don't know if that is possible.
Anybody?
Philippe

>
> Saludos cordiales
> Luis
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En  
> nombre de
> Philippe Orlent
> Enviado el: martes, 01 de mayo de 2007 13:42
> Para: Leica Users Group
> Asunto: Re: [Leica] WAS: IMG: early April,NOW: Street Photography
> 'definition'
>
> Street photography. 4 criteria for me.
> What I consider the perfect street photograph is the following:
> It is a photo made 'out there' (indoors or outdoors), in public  
> places where
> people that don't necesserally know each other meet, pass, interact  
> or don't
> interact.
> It is a photo where you feel that the photographer was unnoticed.
> This doesn't mean that you can't have people looking into the lens,  
> but it
> should be with an 'empty' and non responsive look. Or that pre-  
> recognition
> look just before people understand that it's them that are being
> photographed.
> It is a photo that captures a moment that the viewer recognizes as  
> being
> unstaged, pure and genuine. A snap of life. A frozen moment.
> And finally it is a photo that has a perfect composition. As if it was
> staged to get all the elements in it at the right place at the  
> right time.
> Like everything suddenly falls into place. Without being staged.
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 30-apr-07, om 21:08 heeft Lottermoser George het volgende  
> geschreven:
>
>> We have a number of folks doing "street photography." I have a number
>> of conflicting feelings about this sort of work. I find your work to
>> be quite interesting. I'd love for this group to discuss the genre.
>> Just about the time I start feeling, "this stuff is really boring.  
>> Why
>> do people photograph other people standing or walking on the street?"
>> I open your images and feel, "oh these are some interesting images of
>> people standing or walking on the street." Can one articulate what
>> makes a powerful "street photograph?"
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2007, at 9:04 AM, H. Ball Arche wrote:
>>
>>>   http://tinyurl.com/2m8kyn
>>
>>
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