We who chose to make photographs – not just professional photographers – have one up on the rest.
I think.
I mean we not only get laid more often but, really, we see.
Seeing is wonderful.
So is hearing but I think photos and visuals say so much more. Pardon the pun.
We walk the streets without being streetwalkers. I hope, at least. I wish a hooker had a Leica! Before they sold it for crack ... ah the photos!
We make photographs.
Not just for ourselves but, perhaps, if unlike my mother who plays piano only for herself, you get to show others your work.
Not just the boring-ass Velvia-exposed fondler-type travel photographs of a street and a blown-out sunset, but real slices of life either down the streetor 6,000 miles away.
A day off in a busy life can be a vacation or at least a holiday.
And that holiday may only be had ... making photos ... right around the corner from where you live.
I think that street photography really has its roots in visual or photojournalism or as they call it today, Visual Journalism 101. The skills youtirelessly practice and think about and visualize mastering will not only make you a better photographer but they can also lead to increased stock
sales or commissioned assignments.
Although street has applications which can be used in wedding journalism, event work, or almost any other photographic pursuit, travel photo
journalism, is perhaps the best route to follow.
Some of the best travel photographs I’ve seen published are definitely rooted with a fine knowledge of street photography. No, you won’t see atravel reportage of just streets with people – as detail photographs are also required – but the better material you’ll find in Town & Country or Travel
& Leisure reflects a preference for a “true feeling” of where a discriminating reader may want to go.
Yes, there are travel reportage stories published with only black and white photographs.
Besides, aren’t you really doing this for yourself anyway? Just because a photo editor or researcher likes it only makes it better.