What makes an “artistic” street photograph, and how can we make more artistic street photographs? Some thoughts:

What makes a street photograph more “artistic”?

First of all, it seems that artistic street photographs tend to be more surreal, obscured, silhouetted, simpler and bolder. In a very basic sense, I tend to think my monochrome street photos to be more “artistic” because they are more widely divorced from reality. The less “realistic” a photo seems, the more artistic it will feel.

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An air of mystery

It also seems that more mysterious street photos feel more artistic. For example obscured faces, lost details in the shadows, or more overall mystery in the photos.

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