{"id":99686,"date":"2018-06-29T01:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T08:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=99686"},"modified":"2018-06-29T02:09:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T09:09:22","slug":"my-favorite-20-travel-street-photography-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/29\/my-favorite-20-travel-street-photography-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite 20 Travel Street Photography Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

From my experiences, this is a list of my favorite cities for travel and street photography:<\/p>\n

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Travel Notes<\/h1>\n

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My favorite 20 cities for street photography<\/h2>\n

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  1. Tokyo (Shibuya) <\/li>\n
  2. Kyoto (Near the Kamo River) <\/li>\n
  3. Saigon (my favorite city to live and work digitally)<\/li>\n
  4. New York City (Lower East Side) <\/li>\n
  5. San Francisco (the Mission district)<\/li>\n
  6. Dubai (Deira and Gold District)<\/li>\n
  7. Manila<\/li>\n
  8. London (East London, Shoreditch)<\/li>\n
  9. Hanoi (shoot around the Hoan Kiem lake)<\/li>\n
  10. Hong Kong (TST area, where Kai and Digital Rev used to shoot a lot)<\/li>\n
  11. Singapore (Arab street)<\/li>\n
  12. Beirut Lebanon (everywhere; Beirut is probably one of the most underrated cities in the world. They used to call it the Paris of the Middle East for good reason!)<\/li>\n
  13. Berlin (any of the hipster neighborhoods. Also like “Mauer Park” and the flea markets)<\/li>\n
  14. Marseille, France: Shoot near the water (study Yves Vernin, Pierre Belhassen, Francois Constant)<\/li>\n
  15. Lisbon, Portugal (the whole city is amazing)<\/li>\n
  16. Amsterdam (beautiful light)<\/li>\n
  17. Istanbul (near the water, also epic light)<\/li>\n
  18. Vienna (any of the hipster neighborhoods)<\/li>\n
  19. Sydney and Melbourne (both excellent for street photography and light! Study the work of Jesse Marlow, Oggsie, Greg Marsden, Trent Parke)<\/li>\n
  20. Mumbai, India: Study the work of Kaushal Parikh and Swarat Ghosh<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course this list isn’t complete, but it’s my favorite places to shoot street photography all around the globe based on the last 10 years I’ve been on the road.<\/p>\n

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    Travel street photography by ERIC KIM<\/h1>\n

    A selection of some of my favorite street photos shot while traveling:<\/p>\n

    Mumbai<\/h2>\n
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    Mumbai, 2011 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    India surreal street photograph of taxi. Mumbai, 2013 <\/div> <\/div>
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    Mumbai, 2013 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    Note the 3 different types of people I captured in the shot- the young boy, the older man, and the religious icon? <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    Tokyo<\/h2>\n
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    KYOTO<\/h2>\n
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    Kyoto, 2018 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    \"Construction <\/a>
    Construction man inside Family Mart (looks like a statue). Kyoto, 2018 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    \"Taxi <\/a>
    Taxi driver and frame covering face. Kyoto, 2018 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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    Hanoi<\/h2>\n
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    Saigon<\/h2>\n
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    \"Saigon, <\/a>
    Saigon, 2017 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    New Orleans<\/h2>\n
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    \"Red <\/a>
    Red shirt and green background. Low perspective shot. New Orleans, woman and deer. Shot at -1 exposure compensation on RICOH GR II <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    Contact sheet, New Orleans. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    New Orleans, 2015 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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    NYC<\/h2>\n
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    \"Mad <\/a>
    Mad men. NYC, 2018 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    \"Street <\/a>
    Street portrait. NYC, 2015 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
    \"NYC, <\/a>
    NYC, 2016 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    Shooting head-on \/ NYC, 2015 \/ Ricoh GR II <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
    \"NYC, <\/a>
    NYC, 2015 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

    Travel Street Photography<\/h1>\n
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    Umbrella and flash in color. Kyoto, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Travel Photography City Guides<\/h2>\n