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82 Lessons From the Masters of Street Photography
There is no “objectivity” in photography. As a photographer, you are a filter of reality. You decide what to include in the frame, and what not to include in the frame.
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if you're able to make photos that show this tension between happiness and sorrow, hope and despair, old age versus youth in a single frame, you're connecting with the viewer.
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you have to keep out things that distract from the little drama that’s in the picture.
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“Photos have no narrative content. They only describe light on surface." - Garry Winogrand
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If you see something, a good photograph is the expression of an idea. This doesn’t require captions and explanations. A photo should make a statement.”
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“lie with reality,”
from 82 Lessons From the Masters of Street Photography by Eric Kim
put together unrelated things into a frame, which create a sense of juxtaposition, contrast, and context.
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Human beings are uncomfortable with unambiguity, and they always want to see where they are in comparison to you.
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We shouldn't photograph what things look like. We should photograph what things feel like.
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as a photographer, we need to imbue meaning into the images we make.
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