Comments on: To Street or Not To Street http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Thu, 17 May 2012 10:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 admin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:34:55 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=73#comment-1575 Hardcore? Wow! : ) Glad you're finding what you're looking for in Eugene, Blake. Say hi to a Terminator Stout for me. Hardcore? Wow! : )

Glad you’re finding what you’re looking for in Eugene, Blake. Say hi to a Terminator Stout for me.

]]> By: blake http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 blake Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:31:33 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=73#comment-1532 I agree that "street" photography can happen anywhere. The thing that has traditionally tied it to the street is that public spaces have the highest concentration of random juxtapositions. Also, there is a degree of anonymity in good street photography which is most easily found in urban areas. But the core of "street", the serendipitous visual relationship of separate forms and people, can occur anywhere. I am a hardcore street photographer who recently moved from a mid-sized city (Portland) with many street opportunities to a much smaller city (Eugene) with less. So far it hasn't slowed me down much. Although there are less opportunities here, they do exist just as they exist everywhere if you are in the right mental state to receive them. About half of my photos are of my family and I'd consider them very "street"ish, even though family life is as far from the public street as imaginable. I agree that “street” photography can happen anywhere. The thing that has traditionally tied it to the street is that public spaces have the highest concentration of random juxtapositions. Also, there is a degree of anonymity in good street photography which is most easily found in urban areas. But the core of “street”, the serendipitous visual relationship of separate forms and people, can occur anywhere.

I am a hardcore street photographer who recently moved from a mid-sized city (Portland) with many street opportunities to a much smaller city (Eugene) with less. So far it hasn’t slowed me down much. Although there are less opportunities here, they do exist just as they exist everywhere if you are in the right mental state to receive them. About half of my photos are of my family and I’d consider them very “street”ish, even though family life is as far from the public street as imaginable.

]]> By: Dan Sumption http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Dan Sumption Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:10:18 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=73#comment-1502 I've been thinking about this subject a lot lately. I had a brief fling with "on-street" street photography, but soon found myself much more drawn to photographing people in bars and at parties. I consider most of this work to be just as much "street", if not more so, than the earlier photos I took outdoors. <a href="http://www.sumption.org/life/2006-08" rel="nofollow">Here</a> are some recent examples of the type of thing I've been doing. See you on Flickr... I’ve been thinking about this subject a lot lately. I had a brief fling with “on-street” street photography, but soon found myself much more drawn to photographing people in bars and at parties. I consider most of this work to be just as much “street”, if not more so, than the earlier photos I took outdoors. Here are some recent examples of the type of thing I’ve been doing.

See you on Flickr…

]]> By: bryan Formhals http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 bryan Formhals Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:46:13 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=73#comment-1473 Excellent article. Some of my favorite Winogrand photographs are in the airport. I love candid party photographs but most of mine are of friends so would probably be breaking the only strangers rule. Bryan Excellent article. Some of my favorite Winogrand photographs are in the airport. I love candid party photographs but most of mine are of friends so would probably be breaking the only strangers rule.

Bryan

]]> By: Nils Jorgensen http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Nils Jorgensen Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:22:27 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=73#comment-1466 Very interesting article. Let's just take Winogrand again. He photographed in airports, zoos, rodeos, parties and so on. And Friedlander in hotels, offices, parks and gardens. It is perhaps a pointless task to arrive at an exact definiton in either geographic or subject terms. Perhaps it is better as you suggest to accept images which "further the aesthetic". To me street photography has a loose definition and encompasses all the areas just mentioned, and more. Very interesting article. Let’s just take Winogrand again. He photographed in airports, zoos, rodeos, parties and so on. And Friedlander in hotels, offices, parks and gardens. It is perhaps a pointless task to arrive at an exact definiton in either geographic or subject terms. Perhaps it is better as you suggest to accept images which “further the aesthetic”. To me street photography has a loose definition and encompasses all the areas just mentioned, and more.

]]> By: joe http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/08/22/to-street-or-not-to-street/comment-page-1/#comment-1453 joe Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:29:20 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=73#comment-1453 I've been thinking along similar lines lately and came up with the term "off-the-street photography." Kinda conjures "off the cuff," "off the wall," "off your rocker..." (And Brian Ulrich is incredible.) I’ve been thinking along similar lines lately and came up with the term “off-the-street photography.” Kinda conjures “off the cuff,” “off the wall,” “off your rocker…”

(And Brian Ulrich is incredible.)

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