Disposable Camera Street Photography by Eric Kim

$5 Disposable Camera from Walgreens. My new street photography camera.

When it comes to street photography, I am a huge advocate that it doesn’t matter what camera you have for street photography. You don’t need a $6900 Leica M9 to do street photography–whatever camera you have on you will work. In-fact, there is no “best” camera for street photography, as every camera out there has its own pros/cons.

To help bring some light to the issue that what camera you use for street photography doesn’t matter, I decided to do a new project involving disposable cameras. First inspired by the Mosaic photography contest, where contestants in Beirut, Lebanon had to take photos with disposable cameras– I was quite amazed by the results. And at $5, disposable cameras are certainly cheap. Sure buying a ton of them and developing the film isn’t, but I thought it might be a fun exercise regardless.

All the images taken below were with a disposable $5 Walgreens camera. I am quite pleased how they came out (no post-processing applied):

San Diego

"America" – Downtown San Diego
"You're Not Alone" – Downtown San Diego
"Chilling" – Downtown San Diego

Santa Monica

"Entry" – Santa Monica
"Exit" – Santa Monica
"No Limits" – Santa Monica
"The Red Flag" – Santa Monica
"Framed" – Santa Monica
"Reflections" – Santa Monica
"Gridlock" – Santa Monica
"Skating" – Santa Monica (shot with Flash)

Lebanon

"Departure"
"Window View" – Lebanon
"Levitation" – Lebanon
"Secret Agent"
"Salon" – Lebanon
"Crosses" – Lebanon
"United Colors" – Lebanon
"People on the Bus" – Lebanon
"Stop" – Lebanon
"Edgar Tueni" – Lebanon
"Raised Portrait" – Lebanon
"Curtains" – Lebanon
"Red and Blue" – Lebanon
"The Streets" – Lebanon

Let me know what you think about the photos by leaving a comment below! I really appreciate your feedback :)