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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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What does Street Photography even mean??? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by totallynotkHz@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Call me stupid, but I've never been able to really understand what street photography means. Is it random pictures of strangers? Urban pictures? People living their daily lives? What defines a good photo in that category? For example, a good wildlife photo is one that shows an up close view of an animal in it's environment, a good landscape photo brings out the beauty of a landscape with an attempt to make it look grand and dramatic. What sort of general criteria is there for street photography since it's all the hype now

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[–] azjza@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I've shot street for several years now. Here is my portfolio if you really care.

To me, street photography is (usually) candid photos of humans being humans in their natural environment. It doesn't always have to be literally on a "street", but it usually is. Likewise, it doesn't always have to be candid, but it usually is. I personally tend to separate photos without humans in them as a separate category from "street", but not everyone agrees. For example, photos of city environments without people in them would be "urban" photography to me instead of "street" photography, but again, that's just me.