Street Photography for the Purist

And literally kicks the ass of so-called wedding photojournalists shooting digital and stripping saturation.
I love putting my book down next to someone that calls their work black and white.
It’s saturation-stripped digital manipulation.
Above and beyond everything else I believe my street work enhances my wedding work more than anything else.
Because it’s about anticipation of the moment.
About compassion for other humans.
And recording their emotions with the smallest footprint.
And not ruining their moments with flash. Or even my presence.
Moments only need to be recorded.
They are beautiful in and of themselves.
They don’t need colour but can exist in colour.
For that may take away from what they are.
They’re meant to be seen by the photographer and/or the viewer in only the space that is grayscale.
Real grayscale.
Not contrived and stripped colour digital.
For this was written not for the casual practitioner.
This was written for the purist.
As the masters who defined the genre and style intended.
Photographer. Film. Street. Compassion for the subjects and their moments. Plain and fucking simple.