Tag: diane arbus

  • Composition Lesson #14: Square Format

    Composition Lesson #14: Square Format

    You can see all my composition lessons here. I have been quite fascinated with the square-format in street photography for a while. My fascination first came about from Jeroen Helmink, a photographer from the Netherlands (you can see a fun video we made on shooting Hasseblads). There was something quite sexy about the 6×6 format–…

  • 11 Lessons Diane Arbus Can Teach You About Street Photography

    11 Lessons Diane Arbus Can Teach You About Street Photography

    (All photographs copyrighted by the Estate of Diane Arbus) Diane Arbus is a photographer that has a very profound impact on me. When I first saw her photograph of the “grenade kid” — it hit me in the chest and has burned itself in my mind ever since. Upon studying more of Diane Arbus’ work…