Comments on: My definition of Street Photography #1 : About Interaction with people… https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/en/my-definition-of-street-photography-1-about-interaction-with-people/ Straight, candid, unposed Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Jeff Chane-Mouye https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/en/my-definition-of-street-photography-1-about-interaction-with-people/#comment-2840 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:19:08 +0000 https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/?p=2817#comment-2840 In reply to obatalaphotography.

Salut Laurent,
Oui je sais que cette histoire de définition est très compliquée et personne ne veut y apporter une définition. Tout le monde a une vague idée de ce que le terme “Street Photography” veut dire. Je trouve important néanmoins d’en définir les contours (à défaut de le définir précisément…) pour surtout rejeter tout ce que la Street Photography n’est pas ! Et comme tu le soulignes aussi, les photos posées et les mises en scène ne font pas partie de la Street Photography. Je parlerais justement dans un futur Blog de cet aspect “documentaire” qu’on prête à la street photo…

]]> By: obatalaphotography https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/en/my-definition-of-street-photography-1-about-interaction-with-people/#comment-2839 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:55:35 +0000 https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/?p=2817#comment-2839 Vaste sujet qui aura autant de definitions que d’adeptes de la photographie. La mienne est que le terme street photography est inadequat. Celui qui photographie le present dans la rue est d’abord un photographe social humaniste. Il documente la vie humaine. Il ne met pas en scene tout à fait d’accord mais la pureté du “candid” est une illusion: le choix d’une focale, d’un angle de vue est déjà une interaction entre le reel (ce qui a lieu) et ce qui sera montré (l’interpretation du reel). Seul les cameras de surveillance documentent le reel de façon purement “candid”.
Tout est relatif comme dit l’autre la seule presence du photographe est une interaction (par principe).
La suite s’annonce passionnante…

]]> By: John+Harper https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/en/my-definition-of-street-photography-1-about-interaction-with-people/#comment-2830 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:24:17 +0000 https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/?p=2817#comment-2830 In reply to Jeff Chane-Mouye.

haha… keep writing!

Photojournalism versus Street, that’ll be interesting to see what you come up with.

The follow thread wasn’t working, I just tried it again.

]]> By: Jeff Chane-Mouye https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/en/my-definition-of-street-photography-1-about-interaction-with-people/#comment-2829 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:07:45 +0000 https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/?p=2817#comment-2829 In reply to John Harper.

Damn ! You have summed up everything in two sentences ! Why the hell am I writing this Blog ! 😉 I know that the task is huge and also a very subjective thing. That’s why I wanted to write several Blogs about it. The next one will deal with the documenting thing. Differences between Street, photojournalism…

]]> By: John Harper https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/en/my-definition-of-street-photography-1-about-interaction-with-people/#comment-2828 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 09:38:20 +0000 https://www.jeffchanemouyephotography.com/?p=2817#comment-2828 You’ve embarked on a monumental task. It’s going to be subjective whatever the case you present.

I think it should be spontaneous moments captured of life in the street and “street” doesn’t need to be taken literally, it could be anywhere people congregate. It should be candid, that would suggest informal, so that leaves Street Portraits out. If one of the subjects is looking at the camera it’s fine, in some cases it add to the shot.

A Street Photographer is documenting life, reporting on what he or she sees. A bit like any photography really, everyday photography and also similar to photojournalism.

I for one will be fascinated to see the rest of your thesis…good luck with Jeff!

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