{"id":28335,"date":"2016-04-20T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=28335"},"modified":"2016-04-19T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:54:08","slug":"peter-zhang-on-documenting-the-changing-face-of-soma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/20\/peter-zhang-on-documenting-the-changing-face-of-soma\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Zhang on Documenting the Changing Face of SOMA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter Zhang \/ SOMA, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I met Peter Zhang<\/strong><\/a> 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 photographs:<\/p>\n

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Eric: How did you get started in street photography?<\/b><\/p>\n

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Peter Zhang \/ SOMA, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peter<\/strong>: Back in May 2015, when I had just started learning some photography 101 basics in preparation for a trip to Europe, I met my friend Dan Foley at a camera store, who is a photographer and also works at the store. Soon later, he introduced me to the concept of street photography and told me about the story of Vivian Maier<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

As I had a chance to thumb through a Vivian Maier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s photo book, I was blown away by her pictures. I had never seen such cinematic yet candid images of human beings before. I was thinking to myself, if a nanny could create such images, why can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I? From that day on, I have not stopped learning and practicing street photography. <\/span><\/p>\n

Two months later, I bought my Ricoh GR. Since then I had been seriously shooting. The portability of Ricoh GR eliminated all my excuses not to shoot as often as I can.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do you shoot street photography?<\/b><\/p>\n

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Peter Zhang \/ SOMA, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n