Category archives: street portraiture
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I've already expressed my feelings about the ethical considerations of street portraiture. And this week I've been thinking about one of my favourite quotes from Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995), who is perhaps most famous for his photojournalism style. He has been described as having a 'nonjudgm[...]
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There exists in Situationalist theory the concept of the dérive, or "drift". It is defined as the 'technique of locomotion without a goal' but is far more than a walk without aim or attention. The walker allows themselves to be drawn by attractions and encounters of the city, observing the psycho[...]
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There are very few things that will get me out of bed - enthusiastically - in the morning; but unbeatable photographic opportunities is one of them. Case and point, the aptly-named Early Morning Market in Ubud. I have twice voluntarily risen before dawn to seek out the golden hour.
The market,[...]
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- I mentioned in an earlier post that I found it quite difficult to get a handle on Rome, and was struggling to deal with my lack of inspiration. Is there such a thing as "lens block"? Certainly there was an emotional factor behind this, but I was also struggling with subject mat[...]
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- I had just come back from two days riding camels through the desert landscapes outside Bikaner. It had been a wonderful, peaceful experience completely different to the constant noise and movement of the Indian cities we had been enjoying. But napped and showered I was feeling restless, [...]
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- I mentioned in my previous post how Negombo on the western coast of Sri Lanka is not the most inspiring place in the world; particularly when you’ve been spoilt by almost a month of travelling around the rest of this sensational and breathtaking country. Certainly the up-market resorts offer m[...]
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- Whilst I was living in Korea, Tourism Malaysia ran an advertising campaign with a catchy jingle singing "Malaysia, Truly Asia". This spirit is epitomised in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Nowhere else I've been has so many diverse cultures and religions in so concentrated an area.
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- Culture shock can be a weird thing. When I first moved to South Korea, I went from a lifelong aversion to all chain coffee shops to a near addiction to Starbucks. My weekly chai tea latte verged on a ritual. After much uncharacteristic navel gazing I decided the only expl[...]
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- The holy trinity of street photography can be described thus: interesting faces, who are happy to be photographed, and a non distracting background. With the right eye and a little bit of legwork you can easily find the first two elements, but the last does sometimes have a kind of "holy[...]
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- I was hoping to get the timing right and have my first pictures from India coincide with the one year anniversary of my arriving in India, March 5th. Unfortunately, I missed that date. Plan B was to start posting pictures from India with my favourite series - Holi - on the day of Ho[...]
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- I went to Madrid for work last weekend, but it wasn't all bad as I had Saturday night and Sunday to wander around the capital of the latest country I call home. I started off with an exhibition at the Reina Sofia, on the rise of documentary photography in the 1950s and into the 1960s. It[...]
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- For some people, music plays an important part in their everyday lives. I've never been one of those people. I've never really felt the need to carry a personal sound system and have an ongoing personalised soundtrack. I prefer Radio 4 to Radio 1. The one exception was my time in A[...]
