Feb Volume 2: 9 Inspirational Street Photographs From the Community

by Eric Kim on February 23, 2012

1x1.trans Feb Volume 2: 9 Inspirational Street Photographs From the Community
1x1.trans Feb Volume 2: 9 Inspirational Street Photographs From the Community

Jay G. Thornton

Things have been a bit hectic in Hong Kong and prepping for my workshop this weekend, but wanted to take a chance to feature the best street photographs posted to my Facebook fan page the last two weeks.

On an unrelated note, I actually had the chance to meet Kaiman Wong and the rest of the team from Digital Rev TV and we did some recording for a video on street photography that will release soon (stay tuned).

If you would like to get one of your shots featured in the future, make sure to upload them to my Facebook fan page! (I prefer using Facebook because it is easier to sort/look through all the photographs).

Keep reading to take a look at all the images!

1x1.trans Feb Volume 2: 9 Inspirational Street Photographs From the Community

Christos Kapatos

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Daan Loeff

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Giovanni Savino

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Nick Kenrick

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Ricardo General

1x1.trans Feb Volume 2: 9 Inspirational Street Photographs From the Community

Rinzi Ruiz

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Ryan Cabal

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Walter Shin

Which of these photographs speak out to you the most? Share your thoughts in the comments below -and submit your images to my Facebook fan page! 

Tagged as: community, street photography

  • Kyerion Printup

    The last image, (Walter Shin) really speaks to me. I think a lot cam be inferred from that image. Very powerful.

  • http://www.fotopoemas-osseliln.blogspot.com/ Osselin

    It’s difficult make a picture that don’t suggest a “deja vu” topic. Being creative at 2012 is most and most diffcult. We can forgot, we live in the decade called “we all photographers”.
    It’s all already taken? More or less, yes.
    If we have a good visual culture,we have studied the masters, we looked at lots of blogs, flickrs , JPGmag etc every day will be more and more diffcult to find some new.
    I don’t want to be rude but inspiration in other people it’s ,nowadays ,very hard to me. I saw meavy 2.000.000 of pictures, a 40 % excel·lents, in my life.
    For begginers and intermediates streetphotographers I think that posts lke this one are very useful and its a great thing that you show they here. Thank you.

    For advanced photographers I think that more and more the introspection about our own style it’s just in our brain helped with some bit of luck.

  • LOL

    Your decision to include the photograph by Christos Kapatos is unfortunate.
    It is both disrespectful to post a picture showing a subject like that as an example, and it is a frightening example of everything wrong with Street Photography, you don’t photograph people struggling as the man is just to fill a portfolio.
    It’s a sad reflection on you to post a photograph like that, and no it’s not a street photography picture, it’s a true violation of someones suffering for no purpose.
    Sad.

    • Walter Shin

      I think your emotions are clouding your judgment of what is street photography. One definition (there are many) of street photography is about documenting real life whether its happy or sad. Yes, the man appears to be suffering (we dont know the whole story) but to me, this photo represents the poor/suffering and the people that just ignore it. Im glad Eric chose Chris’s photo and Im greatful I saw it. Your stance of street photography would mean that all street photography and war photography should not be shown due to its sad/frightening content. Your opinion of this photo is sad and I am so glad your view on street photography is not the majority. Otherwise I would hang up my camera for good.

    • http://twitter.com/50mm_Streettog DipayanBhattacharjee

      Hey… I really think you totally mis-spelled your words somewhere. Are you looking for landscape photography (the ones you can look at and say “aahhh… what a sight!!”)…?? Then sorry my friend, you are at the wrong place. This is Street Photography!! This is REALITY-CHECK!! No one here makes fun of a struggling person… The shot only reflects reality… And a very positive way of looking at it would be “this is someone who has ne’r been notice by anyone… except the photographer who came him a mark of his own”… Remember, not everyone is even fortunate enough to be snapped once… And if you can accept the reality of life, then you should not see anything wrong in here… If you can’t, once again, you are at the wrong place!!

  • Ramones

    Mr Kim,
    I personally think you need to take a chill pill. You have much to learn about yourself and photography in general. You seem to have appointed yourself as an expert in the mythical genre of “Street Photography”, even running workshops to teach others what you clearly know nothing about. Are you a trust fund baby or something? I’m not quite sure how you built your little house of cards. You don’t seem to do any work besides your scam operation.
    Relax. When you become older and wiser then you can pass yourself as an expert. Your little song and dance right now is just in very poor taste and a bit fraudulent.
    Stop trying to pass yourself off as the mouthpiece of “Street Photography”.

    • jay thornton

      Ramones, i have attended 2 workshops; one by eric and another by a very well known “street photographer” . Eric’s passion and excitement and how he breaths all things photography is beyond me. Eric is not a trust fund kid unless you count his mother making a fantastic breakfast and lunch for the workshop. he has helped me so much with his critique and knowledge and if you can do better go get and i wish you all the best success and that we are become better and push each other to make great photographs.

    • Us

      LOL………
      yes.

    • http://twitter.com/mark3000 Mark

      Eric is nearly two decades younger than me and I learnt a lot from attending one of his workshops; I look up to his energy, enthusiasm and his lack of cynicism.

    • http://www.facebook.com/weapher Keith Carey

      Ramones, I agree with much of what you said about EK being a self proclaimed Street Photography Expert. I started shooting some street stuff a few months ago and have many images that blow away most of the ones posted above. (And those above are considered the “best”) However, one of the ways a person becomes an expert in any field is through trial and error. Through time and persistence. A carpenter doesn’t become journeyman in a week, but can still show others how to frame a deck. And as far as EK being an instructor… Well, if there is someone who know just a bit less than you and you teach them all you know, is that a bad thing? I also don’t agree with many of his “tips and techniques” but it is his style. If he thinks out of focus is the way to go… well, it is his style. If he thinks shooting a lot of shots and crop till you drop works, then let him attempt that. He will eventually refine himself… He is a kid, cut him some slack!

      Now here is where I really have issue though… His vision is for “open source photography” for all, then charges $500 bucks for a “seminar.” How on earth is that open source. Share your knowledge collectively and do it because it is a passion. If you charge then call yourself a business not and “open source photographer,” otherwise you are a hypocrite.

      Also, for those of you who need to go to a street seminar let me give you one tip. Pick up your camera, walk through the streets, capture the moment in your mind, frame your shot, and shoot twice. Seminar over! The biggest issue with street photography is between your ears… your mind. Going to a seminar will not give you the guts to shoot street! You either have it or you don’t.

      • jay thornton

        keith, please share your awesome photos with us, also i know eric does not crop after the fact. is the dragon fly on your facebook page the awesome one or is it the barn lol

        • http://www.facebook.com/weapher Keith Carey

          Neither… and I am not claiming to be the “expert” either. I am a railroad conductor who enjoys shooting. That’s my point. Sure I gave a “tip” and the point of that was that shooting street is more about having an eye and taking a risk than it is about going to a seminar. How many millions go to seminars and three weeks later are no different than the day they went in? As Ramones said, he is self proclaimed street expert.. and I will add ~ who is great at marketing himself.

          Maybe you Jay are the exception and that is good. I would love to hear how an EK seminar has made you a better photographer. Really… no sarcasm here.

          Don’t get me wrong, I like EK and think he does some good stuff. He is obviously in the time of defining who he is and how he is going to run his business.

          • jay thornton

            keith, why visit the site then? shooting in a group can give the timid some courage to shoot close and from the front. Many in the group were shooting off camera flash day – evening and i was pushed to my limits. when we were not shooting or critiqing we were talking about photography and not the latest lens, camera, bs. it was a great weekend and i became a better photographer for it. check out my flickr page under my name look at my old stuff before feb 2nd workshop. also Erik never said he was the street expert but i do.

          • http://www.facebook.com/weapher Keith Carey

            nice shots Jay…

      • R_R_Roy

        “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach” – George Bernard Shaw ( Man and Superman )

    • http://www.facebook.com/isdavidisgood David Aitchison

      Mr Ramones.

      It is fine to not like someones work, it is fine to disagree with someones way of doing things. Its great all round to have and hold your own thoughts on things. But have you ever heard of constructive criticism? Damn man, all you’ll do with that rant is close his ears and give him a certain opinion of you.

      Eric Kim is passionate and loves what he does more than more people ive ever seen. Are there better photographers out there? Sure! Are there people who know more about the genre? of course. but that doesn’t mean he should pack up shop and go home and resume a job in an office. He has never claimed to be anything but a passionate Street lover and will be the first to say he still has a lot to learn.

      Eric has built and earned alot of knowledge through heaps of experience and networking, and while he doesn’t know everything (who on this earth can say they do) he has alot of valuable stuff to share and the right to share it in any way he pleases. If people wanna go to a workshop he puts on: GREAT! good for them! i’d like to go just to get to know other photographers, let alone pick up anything i can from someone who has shot as much, met as many others, and been as many place to shoot as Eric has.

      It is in no way fraudulent and everyone has the right to be the ‘mouthpiece’ of anything they please.

      So, Mr Ramones, i humbly suggest you take a chill pill! If you can do better then let your pictures and experience do the talking and build on the street community rather than tear it down!

  • Brittany Marter

    I really, really love the last one by Walter Shin!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Armstrong/100001311362457 Anthony Armstrong

    @Ramones

    There’s a difference between someone sharing their passion and

  • Rinzi

    Great work everyone!

  • Shtarka1

    Awesome Work Here!

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  • Kyle Barry Photography

    Daan Loeff is my favourite! the isle leading to the man looking very over worked portrays the rat race we live in! but thats just what I think….
    http://kylebarryphotography.blogspot.com/

  • http://www.followtheboat.com/ Jamie Furlong

    Technically Nick Kenrick’s image ticks all the boxes, whilst being striking through its simplicity. Ricardo General’s image, on the other hand, is what ‘street’ photography is all about. Thing is, I can’t work out if the tie covering his face is an annoyance or part of the ‘moment’ captured. My ‘winner’ is Christos Kapatos’s capture, and I completely disagree with the comment about it being everything ‘wrong’ with street photography. Yesterday I was photographing a Hindu funeral pyre, complete with burning bodies. It is a public place and I asked five different people if taking a picture was ok, and ALL said ‘yes’. In Hinduism the funeral ceremony is a public occasion that all are invited to witness. I’d never seen a funeral pyre before and neither have any of my friends and family back home, so I decided to capture the moment. My thoughts are the same when it comes to street photography, someone has to document what is going on around us. We cannot spend our lives wrapped in cotton wool playing Three Monkeys and I wonder if LOL feels the same way about war correspondents who capture images of starving children or widows weeping. Sometimes life is uncomfortable.

    Eric, I posted up an image of a woman on her knees, arms raised like Christ on the cross, in the central isle of a Catholic church here in India. I received over 60 comments on it on Facebook, the most I have ever received, and almost everyone understood that this was ‘documentary’, just like street photography. One friend even printed it out and gave it to her own Catholic priest for his comments, to which he replied it was a fair capture as it was a public place and I was doing nothing wrong. I think the same can be said for Christos’s picture. It’s a passing incident that lasted perhaps a few seconds and the juxtaposition of the city slicker and the ‘bum’ is fantastic, each caught up in their own little world with their own concerns, seemingly unrelated except for this one moment in time.

  • Suddhasatwa

    The one from Nick Kernick speaks the most to me. Thanks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nick.kenrick.9 Nick Kenrick

    thanks Eric . this is such a great idea . we all want to look at more great images and to be inspired to step out more
    love the Walter and Ricardo ones too

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