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Street Photography Quick Links is a compilation of Links, Projects, News, Videos, Events, or anything that is related to street photography or photography in particular that I have personally consumed. Perhaps these might interest you or make you think.\u00c2\u00a0If you want to send some links my way, details will be at the post below.<\/p>\n
Portfolio Find<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark Steinmetz<\/a><\/p>\n Mr. Steinmetz is one of those classic guys. He’s a Winogrand disciple but unlike Winogrand, Mark I think has a slower and more deliberate approach to photographing. It’s still there and present but there is no rush. His latest work, The Players\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>took 4-5 years to finish. Check out his work and if you want, get a copy of\u00c2\u00a0The Players\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also check his interview by GUP magazine<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to gather some of his thoughts about the book.<\/p>\n Look at this project\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n MONAS by Andri Tambunan via Invisible Photographer Asia<\/a><\/p>\n Located in the heart of city, Monas Square is the biggest open public space in Jakarta. Monas square, also called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Merdeka\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or Independence square, not only provides an escape and breathing room from the congested capital but it brings people together by serving as a common ground, accessible and utilized by people from different backgrounds and economic classes. The Monas Square is surrounded by trees and grassy area ideal to have a picnic or a family outing, several basketball courts and soccer fields to play pick up games, a place for people to exercise such as jogging or riding their bicycle, and a place for street vendors to sell food or products. \u00c2\u00a0This space is also often used for public concerts and gatherings, bazaars, festivals, and numerous local social events. In the middle of the square is a 132m tower called Monas, or Nasional Monument, symbolizing the fight for independence erected by Sukarno, Indonesia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first president.<\/em><\/p>\n All photos were taken with iPhone 4s native camera, edited with Snapseed and instagram filters.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bruce Gilden\u00c2\u00a0Criticisms<\/strong><\/p>\n After the VICE photo issue project of Bruce Gilden and Stacy Kranitz in Appalachia, the two photographers has received a lot of flak and most of them are towards Gilden. Here are some of those criticisms. The one on vantage is a must read. Love him or hate him, one has to understand that there may have bee\u00c2\u00a0a line he crossed when he was doing his\u00c2\u00a0Appalachia story. Perhaps VICE also has to answer for it? At the end of the day, read to be informed.<\/p>\n Taking Liberties, Taking Shortcuts, and Taking Advantage of People via Vantage<\/a><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The past few days have been hard,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d wrote Kranitz on Instagram on June 7th<\/a>. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have been on assignment with another photographer, Bruce Gilden. He and I are at odds with the way we make our work. I watched him make portraits and aggressively enter my shot to get his own, while telling me \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthis is my shoot, you are just here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I listened as he said disparaging things about people, I listened to his dissatisfaction with people being to [sic] \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcplain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and late last night I could no longer stand by and continue to feel good about being bullied. He humiliated me in front of a group of church goers and I feel that I may have taken a stand at the wrong moment. That I was not being considerate or mindful of my surroundings either. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hate Bruce or his work but I think turning people into what you want them to be, turning people into \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcself-portraits\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of yourself is complicated and dangerous especially in a place with a history of extraction.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Bruce Gilden and The Absence of Empathy via Photoshelter<\/a><\/p>\n Gilden has a point of view, for sure, but he also seems to have\u00c2\u00a0an agenda that has little to do with the people or places that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s photographing. Instead of trying to connect the audience empathetically, he triggers a different type of pathos in me. One that has me shaking my head at yet another pathetic attempt to capture Appalachia.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A Latter-day Freak Show via The Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Gilden may be shoving these broken faces in our faces to confront us with what we usually choose to look away from. But his style seems to work against any intention to humanise his subjects. First and foremost, I feel uncomfortable as a viewer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not because of the poverty or abuse etched on to the landscapes of these faces, but because their perceived ugliness is paraded as a kind of latter-day freak show.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n General Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Warren Sebastian via Fotografia Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n If you love colorful beachside photos, you might like Warren Sebastian’s take on the british seaside life.<\/p>\n Paola Paredes Photographed the very moment she came out to her family via Fotografia Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n Paola Paredes is a 29 year-old Ecuadorian photographer currently based in London. For many years, Paola has kept her homosexuality\u00c2\u00a0hidden to her family; but she recently found the courage to sit her parents and sisters at a table to tell them the truth. But Paola did more than that: she set up three cameras around that table to document the entire conversation. In fact, Paola says that the very idea to record\u00c2\u00a0hercoming out\u00c2\u00a0in pictures was what finally made her decide to reveal the truth.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n