{"id":33957,"date":"2016-11-19T16:17:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T00:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33957"},"modified":"2016-11-20T00:23:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T08:23:18","slug":"sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Lotman on Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pt 1: Sean Lotman on Street Photography Composition\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FTHE7vum-6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I consider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seanlotman.com\">Sean Lotman<\/a> the best color street photographer in Japan (if not, my personal favorite contemporary street photographer). He just published &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemojake.eu\/Sunlanders_description.html\"><em><strong>Sunlanders<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; like looking at Japan through acid or LSD.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sean shoots all color slide film (then cross-processes the photos by himself in his own color darkroom at home). Not only that, but he prints, dodges, and burns all his work &#8212; that is how he gets hi psychedelic colors in his photos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pt 2: Sean Lotman on Street Photography Composition\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_eWgEZRA4yE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently teaching a 2-day Kyoto Composition Workshop with him and <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/08\/the-nostalgic-black-white-photos-of-japan-interview-with-street-photographer-junku-nishimura\/\">Junku Nishimura<\/a>. Above is the lecture that Sean gave on composition during the workshop. Hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<h2>Photos from &#8220;Sunlanders&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33961\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/sunlanders1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunlanders1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?resize=800%2C553\" alt=\"sunlanders1\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?resize=660%2C456&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33962\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/sunlanders2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders2.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunlanders2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders2.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33962\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders2.jpg?resize=800%2C553\" alt=\"sunlanders2\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders2.jpg?resize=660%2C456&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders2.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33963\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/sunlanders3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders3.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunlanders3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders3.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33963\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders3.jpg?resize=800%2C553\" alt=\"sunlanders3\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders3.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders3.jpg?resize=660%2C456&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders3.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/sunlanders6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders6.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunlanders6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders6.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33964\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders6.jpg?resize=800%2C553\" alt=\"sunlanders6\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders6.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders6.jpg?resize=660%2C456&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders6.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/sunlanders7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders7.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunlanders7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders7.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33965\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders7.jpg?resize=800%2C553\" alt=\"sunlanders7\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders7.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders7.jpg?resize=660%2C456&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders7.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/sean-lotman-on-street-photography-composition\/sunlanders9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders9.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,553\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunlanders9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders9.jpg?fit=800%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33966\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders9.jpg?resize=800%2C553\" alt=\"sunlanders9\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders9.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders9.jpg?resize=660%2C456&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders9.jpg?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Follow\u00c2\u00a0Sean Lotman<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33936\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/17\/tokyo-diary-2016\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1325\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479399906&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Portrait of Sean Lotman, Kyoto, 2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-33936\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981-2000x1325.jpg?resize=1180%2C782\" alt=\"Portrait of Sean Lotman, Kyoto, 2016\" width=\"1180\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981.jpg?resize=660%2C437&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-tokyo-0000981.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of Sean Lotman, Kyoto, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Say hello to Sean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"seanlotman\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seanlotman\/\" target=\"new\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"seanlotman\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanLotman\" target=\"new\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"seanlotman\">Email: sean@seanlotman.com<\/li>\n<li class=\"seanlotman\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemojake.eu\/Sunlanders_description.html\">Order &#8220;Sunlanders&#8221; &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I consider Sean Lotman the best color street photographer in Japan (if not, my personal favorite contemporary street photographer). He just published &#8220;Sunlanders&#8221; &#8212; like looking at Japan through acid or LSD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunlanders1.jpg?fit=800%2C553&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}