Lens Culture "Street Photography Award Winners 2015"

[kbg32]

What do you think?

https://www.lensculture.com/2015-lensculture-street-photography-award-winners

"LensCulture is proud to present these 31 photographers who show us, each in their own way, why street photography today remains as fresh and vibrant as ever! With excellent submissions coming from 115 countries, our jury of international photography experts had difficult decisions to make — but their final selections represent a delightful cross-section of today's best street photographers, hailing from all over the world.

Photography and the street have gone together since the invention of the camera. Though we might expect that it has all been done before, this award-winning work attests to street photography's continuing relevance in 2015. With its unending capacity for surprise, we depend on street photography to show us our surroundings with fresh eyes and we are pleased to see the genre is alive and thriving. From urban geometry to biting social commentary, these street photographs take us on a tour of many of the cultures alive across the globe. We hope you enjoy!"

 

[kbg32]

No comments on the work?

 

[mfogiel]

The first awards are, in my opinion, a misunderstanding. The second places are good, particularly the single image of the Italian guy.

 

[kbg32]

Tatsuo had won before. He entered some older work.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Yeah, I like these pictures a lot. I think the three single-image winners are terrific. And I do indeed like the Roemers pics...they are not what I usually think of when I think "street" and the one rendered largest on that page is a wonderful and rather weird composition. Thanks!

 

[harpofreely]

I thought "Metropolis," the first-place series, was pretty strong, also the Italian gentleman. Nothing else stood out to me; I've seen lots of student photojournalism work here at UNC that was as strong.

 

[Hsg]

A lot of energy in these shots.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I find the work of the first place series winner remarkably unimpressive. I love the work of the three single image winners.

 

[Scapevision]

To me, some of these seem more of a documentary rather than street photography, but then again, a fine line. I really liked the Israel images of the 3rd place winner. I can understand why judges picked the 1st winner in the series, but I personally prefer the 3rd. Overall, i'd say it is quite a good choice of winners altogether. Certainly great to see no random people walking in the face photographs I see everywhere in the winners circle. This gives me hope.
Also glad to find Siegfried Hansen among the finalists. One of my personal favourite modern day photographers.

 

[kuuan]

I like the single winners and half of the single finalists,
of sets I like the 'Wonderer', 'Poland' ( the runner up ), 'the secret valley', 'Epiphany', well, most and at least one, two or three of every series. Even though I find the concept interesting I also have big doubts about the winner and would rank it second to the last, man do I dislike that one, the 'Close Up & Down'

 

[Imagedowser]

HelenHill #4, +1….. Three single images are the best, imo….

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Nice images.... Huge colors.
This Italian version of Addicted to Love is appealing.
And nothing really else. Another dump of "street" with beach photos.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Keith, thanks a lot for providing the link... much appreciated. I've only had time to look through a few of the bodies of work, but the ones I looked at are superb. In my opinion it looks like the choices were picked by a jury that is very well tuned into contemporary street photography. I highly recommend that folks here have a look at the site.
_ Jamie

 

[JP Owens]

I don't get the first place winner. I like the second place, reminds me of Steve McCurry and David Harvey (without the crushed Kodachrome shadows Harvey was famous for). Third place I find interesting, but not what I would call street.

I do like the single image winners, though. Overall some good work.

 

[TennesseJones]

Thanks for sharing, some fascinating work.

 

[rhl-oregon]

I very much like Mrowka's work and vision image by image, though it's not conceptually or geographically or culturally cohesive as the series of Roemers and Barak, or as some of the other series finalists. Barak's featured image is disturbing and powerful--it suggests the survival of the post-Holocaust shtetl in urban squalor, though the atmosphere evokes asocial anomie despite what is known about the closeness and insularity of orthodox communities.

Roemers' series seems to rely entirely on one concept (cities are getting more crowded, duh) and one look (motion v. stasis, lurid color-swirl). Technically accomplished, but as a series, grandiose and blatant.

Some admirable individual images--and other sequences. Thanks for posting, Keith.