First of all, Tim, I really like your photo. The bright neon signs and car lights stand out nicely against the black sky. Nicely composed, too.
As for your blog post, I don't get too hung up on definitions, classifications or "genres". A good photo is a good photo. Period. The contrary is also true, and it's no more evident than with so-called "street photography". Every idiot with a camera (or phone) seems to think the world will be interested in their banal, self-indulgent twaddle. Converting tedium into black and white suddenly makes a photo artsy and deep. That being said, there are many wonderful photos being taken on the street that (as you say) tug at our heartstrings and and at their best even tell us a little bit about urbanity and the human condition. Dave's right, Juan is among the best I've seen, but that's not because he's a good street photographer, it's because he's a good photographer - full stop. No matter what he shoots it will be wonderful. His photos show sensitivity and empathy and often great humour. Those are qualities that any photograph(er) should have. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David Savage <[email protected]> Sent: January 30, 2012 1/30/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: PESO: Street That's more urban landscape than street photography. And it could have benefited from being taken earlier in the evening when their was still some ambient light in the sky. Here are 2 of my fave street photographer: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/nixters/> And PDML lurker <http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/> On 29 January 2012 14:35, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > pic at http://goo.gl/f5MNB > Associated bloggage, wherein I grumble about what people mean when > they say "street photography", at > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/01/28/Street > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
