Street Photography

Street photography, a genre of photography that records everyday life in a public place. The very publicness of the setting enables the photographer to take candid pictures of strangers, often without their knowledge.

Famous Street Photographer
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Dorothea Lange
Lee Friedlander
Helen Levitt
Bruce Gilden
William Klein
Daidō Moriyama
Eugène Atget
Walker Evans
Elliott Erwitt
Brassaï – Gyula Halász
Robert Frank
Garry Winogrand
André Kertész
Fan Ho
Vivian Maier, USA
Robert Doisneau
Saul Leiter
Jill Freedman
Hasan Chandan, Bangladesh

Street Photography Book

• David Gibson – The Street Photographer’s Manual
• Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren – Street Photography Now
• Colin Westerbeck and Joel Meyerowitz – Bystander: A History of Street Photography
• David Gibson – Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Images
• Gordon Lewis – Street Photography: The Art of Capturing the Candid Moment
• Daidō Moriyama – The World Through My Eyes

Video

• Legendary photographer Steve McCurry still gets shy approaching strangers on the street
• Magnum in Motion: Steve McCurry

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