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I guess I'm one of those street photographers who makes the sort of photos you see as irrelevant. So here's why I do it.
When I walk in the street, my eyes are constantly drawn to things. Usually colours, or how the light falls in a certain way. Colours, shapes, light, shadow... That's why I started photography. Because I wanted to capture the things I saw, and do it in an a visually interesting way. I would describe myself as a photographer with a painter's soul.
It's as much about act as the final image itself. When I walk around with my camera, I'm completely attuned to my surroundings, in the now, in a flow, whatever you want to call it. It's almost like meditation.
It's also about little coincidences. To me, there is nothing better than spotting an interesting view, having the exact right person walk by who perfectly completes the image and being able to capture that instance. These moments almost feel like little gifts from the universe. (To be clear, I don't really believe this, but it does féél like it.)
Would you say the photos of master (street) photographers like Martin Parr, Saul Leiter, Vivian Maier, Joel Meyerowitz, Harry Guyaert, Alex Webb... are irrelevant?
Nothing wrong with taking holiday pictures to remember a trip to Paris, but if you dó want to make good, "relevant" street photos, I suggest you look up their work.