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(Cover Photo by Oguz Ozkan) We’ve always love the hard work that Observe Collective puts out. They understand that photography is not just shooting but also showing your work. Presenting your observations if you will. Which is why we’re happy to know that the Observe collective Magazine aptly named, Observations recently went up online. This issue isn’t a…
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(A.g.’s Note: We’re glad to have Observe Collective back on the blog again with some highlights of their recently held Under Construction exhibit in Germany. Check it out!) Observe Collective from Cut Production Germany on Vimeo.
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OBSERVE is holding their first group exhibit in opening on June 12, 2015 in the Städtische Galerie in Iserlohn, Germany, and will run through July 26, 2015. The exhibit will feature the works of the 13 members of the collective. Several members will be present in the opening as well. In line with the exhibit,…
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OBSERVE is an international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. This week’s feature is Fadi Boukaram, a street photographer currently based in Broumana, Lebanon.
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Eric’s Note: OBSERVE is an international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. This week’s feature is David Horton from Boston, Massachusetts. David Horton: I’m a graphic designer by day, street photographer by accident. After art directing and observing some of the finest commercial photographers in the business for over a decade, I made…
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Eric’s Note: OBSERVE is a new international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. I have sent questionnaires to all 13 of the members, and will feature their responses and images on the blog for the next upcoming weeks. This week’s feature is Danielle Houghton, based in Dublin, Ireland. Danielle: Picking up a…
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Eric’s Note: OBSERVE is a new international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. I have sent questionnaires to all 14 of the members, and will feature their responses and images on the blog for the next upcoming weeks. Chris Farling: To me, street photography has more in common with other improvisational…
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OBSERVE is a new international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. I have sent questionnaires to all 14 of the members, and will feature their responses and images on the blog for the next upcoming weeks. Antonis Damolis: I was born in Crete, Greece, in 1980. I’m an orthodontist…
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SPonatanea is a very active and organized street photography collective based out of Italy. In the interview, I talked to them about their formation, activities, and upcoming projects. This interview also has a full italian translation at the bottom! Check it out. (All photos are the respective ownership of the SPOontanea collective members.) A.g.:…
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Earlier this year I met up with Hector Isaac, a street photographer originally from Cuba who moved and started shooting street photography in Miami, and now is based in LA. He is a part of the Strata collective. In the video Interview I talk with him about his start in street photography, about the Miami…
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Eric’s Note: I am excited to share this interview with the “Street-photographers” collective. I sent them 22 interview questions, and the members shared their personal answers opinions below. See their superb images and insights on street photography below!
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A list of my personal favorite street photographers, and photographers I recommend you to follow (in no particular order, just the list of photographers who pop into my head):
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Dear friend, To advertise my new book: “Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Street Photography“, here is a list of practical and philosophical tips on street photography, which I hope can empower you to take your street photography to the next level:
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I met Peter Zhang at one of my SF street photography workshops, and was blown away by his up-close street photos (shot at 28mm with a Ricoh GR) of the changing neighborhood of SoMa (South of Mission in San Francisco). Check out how he got started, as well as his personal and vivid color street…
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Eric Kim, known for his photography, has shared his thoughts on fiat currency and its dynamics in the contemporary world. He discusses the devaluation of fiat currency, particularly highlighting the impact of actions like the U.S. Federal Reserve printing more money. He suggests that using hard cash for smaller, everyday transactions might be wiser, as…
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Nostos (home)+algos (pain)— home pain, sickness? Longing for home? History change of word The term “nostalgia” has an interesting etymology that reflects its deep emotional resonance. It originates from two Greek words: “nostos” meaning “return home” and “algos” meaning “pain” or “ache.” Initially, it described a kind of homesickness experienced by soldiers away from home.…
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A simple heuristic that I learned from Nassim TALEB; don’t ask people what you should invest in, ask them… What did you invest in?  For example, I recently swapped a bunch of my bitcoin for chainlink. Why did I do it? My thoughts:  What is chainlink? Essentially it is a platform built upon…
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A simple heuristic that I learned from Nassim TALEB; don’t ask people what you should invest in, ask them… What did you invest in?  For example, I recently swapped a bunch of my bitcoin for chainlink. Why did I do it? My thoughts:  What is chainlink? Essentially it is a platform built upon…
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Why I Bought Chainlink A simple heuristic that I learned from Nassim TALEB; don’t ask people what you should invest in, ask them… What did you invest in?  For example, I recently swapped a bunch of my bitcoin for chainlink. Why did I do it? My thoughts:  What is chainlink? Essentially it is…
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Why I Bought Chainlink A simple heuristic that I learned from Nassim TALEB; don’t ask people what you should invest in, ask them… What did you invest in?  For example, I recently swapped a bunch of my bitcoin for chainlink. Why did I do it? My thoughts:  What is chainlink? Essentially it is…
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Only show beauty! A simple heuristic that I learned from Nassim TALEB; don’t ask people what you should invest in, ask them… What did you invest in?  For example, I recently swapped a bunch of my bitcoin for chainlink. Why did I do it? My thoughts:  What is chainlink? Essentially it is a…
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Bitcoin is robust. ”Resilient Bitcoin” chatgpt as insanely fascinating to analyze overall sentiment and market trends? Also — the question .. why?
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Hmmm … using ChatGPT to analyze crypto prices is actually really fascinating: Why did it go up?
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Conquer street photography: Dropbox PDF Download >>> Also — GOOGLE DRIVE DOWNLOAD Also, if you want the MEGA DOWNLOAD of all the lessons from the masters, check out this GOOGLE DRIVE LINK. PDF LINK
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VIDEO AUDIO PODCAST Let us become more deep in our thinking:
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PDF TEXT Some thoughts on Street Photography and some thoughts on Pork Belly (ssamgyupsal, 삼겹살): Does Street Photography Need to Be Shot Without Permission, or Candidly? Even the word “candid“, means more being straight forward and honest”— not about being “posed” or “unposed”. Even the Latin “candidus” means “white”, from “candeo”— I shine. Why the…
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Something I’m very curious about; why is it that in so many world religions Judaism, Islam, etc., eating pork is prohibited and is not considered Halal? Some theories: 1. Is it really harder to digest? Something I get very very suspicious about is when Asian people say that eating meat, red meat, beef, etc. is…
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Piet Mondrian is one of my favorite artists and thinkers/philosophers.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: the godfather of all contemporary photography and street-documentary-reportage photography:
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Steve McCurry: easily one of the most iconic photographers of all time.
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Baudrillard-on nihilism by Baudrillard: ON NIHILISM Nihilism no longer wears the dark, Wagnerian, Spenglerian, fuliginous colors of the end of the century. It no longer comes from a Weltanschauung of decadence nor from a metaphysical radicality born of the death of God and of all the consequences that must be taken from this death.…
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George Washington I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. George Washington (22 February 1732 – 14 December1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary Warfrom 1775 to 1783, and later became the first President of the United…
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Dear friend, The reason I love street photography is to harness the spirit of the “flâneur” — or the person who walks aimlessly, with grace, and doesn’t have a final destination in mind.
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https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963) was the 35th President of the United States, a brother of Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, and the first husband of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Quotes NATIVE KNOWS POS’IT…HE CAN PILOT… In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in…
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Front Cover.jpg ‘Climb with me the steep…..’ Keats, sonnet ‘O Solitude!’ line 3. The Divine Comedy Dante bust.jpg DANTE ALIGHIERI A Translation into English Prose by A. S. KLINE Published in Entirety with Index, Notes & Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÉ POETRY IN TRANSLATION www.poetryintranslation.com © Copyright 2000 A. S. Kline Cover design by Poetry in…
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Personal notes on what Einstein has taught me about life:
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Personal notes on what Einstein has taught me about life: 1. Venerate the past A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I…
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Fountain head Victor Hugo: If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away. dojnt live; think, or write on the range of the moment. dont let things fade rapidly like magazines. longevity is the place of romanticism. Romanticism: conceptual school of art. not with random…
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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/atlasshrugged/section10.rhtml Atlas Shrugged there was nothing he wished or needed to buy any goods; made by men to be used by men. enjoy the sight of prosperous street. tree as symbol of strength reach for the best within us. discover what is the best within us. don’t know what people think; we can just see…
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Provided by The Internet Classics Archive. See bottom for copyright. Available online at http://classics.mit.edu//Thucydides/pelopwar.html The History of the Peloponnesian War By Thucydides Translated by Richard Crawley THE FIRST BOOK Chapter I The State of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war…
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THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH TABLE OF CONTENTS Author’s Preface p. 3 Chapter 1 — Introduction p. 9 Chapter 2 — Desire: The Turning Point of All Achievement p. 22 Chapters — Faith Visualization of, and Belief in Attainment of Desire p. 40 Chapter 4 — Auto-Suggestion…
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: — Letter from His Excellency, Privy Councilor von Goethe Honored Sir, In sending back the pleasing pictures, I also enclose the essay. The two are most perfectly related; they reveal a tender and sensitive mind that is truly and solidly grounded within itself. Lovers of art here have made constant pilgrim-…
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Dear friends, “How to Shoot Street Photography” is a new free ebook which will give you all the information how to start shooting street photography.
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stoics.com Seneca Epistles Book 2 Seneca’s Epistles Volume II Source: Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Moral Epistles. Translated by Richard M. Gummere. The Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1917-25. 3 vols.: Volume II. Before using any portion of this text in any theme, essay, research paper, thesis, or dissertation, please read the disclaimer. Transcription conventions:…
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Title: Nineteen eighty-four Author: George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair) (1903-1950) PART ONE Chapter 1 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though…
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Dear friend, “How to Shoot Street Photography” is a new free ebook which will give you all the information how to start shooting street photography.
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Dear friends, “How to Shoot Street Photography” is a new free ebook which will give you all the information how to start shooting street photography. I have included a PDF and .ePub format. The benefit of download the .ePub format is that you can increase the text size, decrease the text size, and easily read it on…
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For this article, I will give some practical tips I have in shooting candid street photography:
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I think in street photography, there are many different “sub-genres.” For example, you have the traditional candid street photography, you have “street portraits” (taking photos of strangers, primarily of their faces), you have photos of urban landscapes, and of just random stuff you might find on the streets. For this article, I will give some…