Street Photography is more a state of mind rather than a
location. As the founder of the international street photography group “in-public”,
Nick Turpin writes “I go to the busiest, public places to discover something
very personal and private. It is and inescapable truth that the resulting
photographs are as much about my inner state as they are about the external
world they were made in.”
The Thames
& Hudson and Yale University Press recently published book 'TheWorld Atlas of Street Photography' is more than likely going to leave
purists of the genre unimpressed.
In
their publicity for the book Thames & Hudson state it includes “classic
documentary street photography as well as images of urban landscapes, portraits
and staged performances.” How it differs from the purist’s agenda can be seen
in these two images.
However
it may make taking photographs on the streets a little bit safer in this world
of constant surveillance and increased public paranoia. No longer will street
photographers have to wear the billboard T-shirt “I’m a photographer, not a terrorist,”
a move that could well return the anonymity craved by genre’s purists.
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Perhaps the age of the smart phone now means that everyone is taking photos and the serious photographer can escape attention.
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