Carterofmars
Well-known
Is Street Photography Dead?
f16sunshine
Moderator
Probably. I mean, if you have to ask...
back alley
IMAGES
not for me...
benlees
Well-known
I don't know. I heard once landscape was dead?
Clint Troy
Well-known
I'll shoot the sidewalks for as long as they exist.
Hm, yeah. It's probably dead in rural areas.
Hm, yeah. It's probably dead in rural areas.
*chris
Established
is it dead if i still want to get "into it"
KarlG
Established
Isn't all photography dead? Well, unless it's alive. Some of it appears to be gravely ill, but I hear we're on the brink of a cure - we just need to get out and shoot more and hope for the best...
lonemantis
Well-known
I think there is just as much a need for street photography as there ever was, but it's far less understood these days by those who don't know about the likes of HCB and Winogrand. One of the original goals of street photography was to capture the way people live, but we now live in a world that's almost excessively well documented and recorded. However, it's become an automatic and soulless process - think of satellite imagery, CCTV, Google Maps and Steetview - totally devoid of human commentary or aesthetic value.
Great street photographers can capture the human moments that satellites miss, serving as representations of our generation and times. It seems mundane to some, potentially creepy or criminal to others, but the value of a well executed street shot is immense, and that value will only increase with time.
Great street photographers can capture the human moments that satellites miss, serving as representations of our generation and times. It seems mundane to some, potentially creepy or criminal to others, but the value of a well executed street shot is immense, and that value will only increase with time.
jky
Well-known
Nope, don't think it is... rather there's been quite a surge the past few years. There are plenty of incredible work being done in contemporary street photography right now... seriously some great stuff out there.
stitchohana
Well-known
it's still very much alive. with smaller better cameras, people are buying it up and taking alot more street photos now.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
No ... but it needs a transfusion IMO.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Seems to be a day for ambivalent and ambiguous questions that cannot be resolved.
I'll just answer "Yes" and "No", like the Elves.
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I'll just answer "Yes" and "No", like the Elves.
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--s
Well-known
how could it be dead as there are still people in the streets?
but it has become difficult to find interesting shots in the net, also here on rff.
i´m sick of girls staring on their cell phones, winos sitting on their plastic bags and old people passing billboards with young people on them. too many worn out stereotypes instead of characters and decisive moments.
seems as if digital makes it too easy to publish anything regardless of quality and originality.
but it has become difficult to find interesting shots in the net, also here on rff.
i´m sick of girls staring on their cell phones, winos sitting on their plastic bags and old people passing billboards with young people on them. too many worn out stereotypes instead of characters and decisive moments.
seems as if digital makes it too easy to publish anything regardless of quality and originality.
mfogiel
Veteran
gavinlg
Veteran
no.
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J. Borger
Well-known
It is not dead but i personaly lost all interest in it.
So for me it is dead.
So for me it is dead.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
maddoc
... likes film again.
Depends on the definition of street photography ... if it means taking random picture of passing by strangers and / or using flash then I would say "street-photography" is alive and well ... 
Sejanus.Aelianus
Veteran
If it walks like a zombie, groans like a zombie and smells like a zombie, then it's probably street photography???
sleepyhead
Well-known
Not dead, but it smells funny to some people.
But more seriously, I think that as long as there is "life" out there in public places (and I suppose there always will be), there is a role for "street" photography to sift and sort through what we do in public places and preserve it for the future.
But I agree with som eposts above, that peolpe can be much better at editing their work down before sticking a bunch of photos on the Net.
But more seriously, I think that as long as there is "life" out there in public places (and I suppose there always will be), there is a role for "street" photography to sift and sort through what we do in public places and preserve it for the future.
But I agree with som eposts above, that peolpe can be much better at editing their work down before sticking a bunch of photos on the Net.