René Burri
The Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1960
Ray Metzker
Chicago, 1957
Ken Josephson
Chicago, 1964
Denis Darzacq
La Chute Nº3, 2006
Ray Metzker
Philadelphia, 1964
Fan Ho
Controversey
Anastasisa Samoylova
Street Crossing in Little Haiti, Miami, 2018
Helen Levitt
New York City, 1945
Fred Herzog
Granvile Street, Vancouver, BC, 1960
Garry Winogrand
Beverly Hills, 1979
Fred Herzog
Pink Door, Kansas City, 1979
Anastasia Samoylova
Miami River, 2018
Ray Metzker
Philadelphia, 1980
Lee Friedlander
Newark, New Jersey, 1962
Fred Herzog
Hastings & Seymour, 1961
Helen Levitt
New York City, 1939
Ray Metzker
Chicago, 1958
Fred Herzog
Crossing Powell, 1984
Ray Metzker
Chicago, 1957
Helen Levitt
New York City, 1945
Garry Winogrand
Beverly Hills, 1979
Harold Jones
Ray Metzker
Philadelphia, 1964
Fred Herzog
Styling Barber Shop, 1976
STREETWISE
When people talk about street smarts they’re talking about a variety of things: experience, awareness of your surroundings, a knowledge of what to do and what not to do in a given situation—what’s understood about all these things is that they aren’t things you’ll learn from books. A great street photographer has their own kind of smarts: patience, quick reflexes, an eye for composition, an understanding of people, a feel for when to close the shutter. Most importantly, a great street photographer has the wisdom to recognize when all these things come together and make a picture, a unified image with something to say, that despite the myriad possibilities that went into its making, feels like it couldn’t have been any other way.
