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Table of Contents

Interview with Terri Gold

Atlantic City

City Life

LACP Street Photography Around the World Winners

LACP Street Photography Around the World Finalists

Photographing the Homeless: Art or Exploitation?

Street Shooters of May 2021

City Life

Martin Agius

I started this project around five years ago when I decided that it was time to take up the challenge of obtaining a Fellowship. I used to go out and practice Street Photography very often, doing research and studying light in the streets. Going out, shooting, and returning with nothing good was still a success as the shoot served as a training session for my mind and eyes. Failure was not actually going out to shoot.

My inspirations at first came from Henri Cartier Bresson and Fan Ho and lately, Mark Fearnley. In fact, some of my work in this panel reflects their influence.

In my images, the people are the actors, ‘performing’ for me in the scene I want. This creates a ‘Simultaneous Coalition’ where part of the image is composed (background composition) whilst the other part is spontaneous (the passer by).

I feel that this ‘City Life’ journey is another of my main evolvements in my photographic journey and career, and I look forward to future challenges.

Martin Agius

Martin Agius is a photojournalist and a street photographer. He was born in Malta in 1966 and from a young age took an interest in photography with the only available medium at the time which was the camera film. In 2008 he decided to take his photography to another level: he enrolled on courses organised by the local photographic societies. In July 2009, soon after passing an accredited course in photography, Martin was appointed the Official Photographer for the Armed Forces of Malta. On retiring from the Armed Forces of Malta in 2010, he began his career as a freelance photographer and as a photojournalist for a leading newspaper owned by Media.Link Communications Co Ltd. In the same year, he was also asked to be the Official Photographer for ‘Gladiators Fight Night’ (a sports activity with local and foreign participants) a role he still has till today. In 2012 he obtained an Associateship with the Malta Institute of the Professional Photography (MIPP) and subsequently abroad with the Societies’ Photographic Society in the United Kingdom (SWPP). The panel he presented for these qualifications wherein the Fashion & Glamour genre. 2013 brought about a new experience for Martin: he was asked to judge a number of local and overseas competitions as well as qualification panels. These included the SWPP ‘s 20 x 16 Print Competition hosted in the United Kingdom. Martin has been organising Street Photography workshops since 2015. He also lectures locally on Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Martin has notched several Gold, Silver and Bronze awards in the Societies Monthly Competition (SWPP). He was also awarded the Societies prestigious UK Press & News Photographer of the Year. In November 2016 he organised his first solo exhibition called ‘Malta Street Life’. He also has had his works exhibited in Egypt, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, and in 2020 Japan. Some of the photos which are either published in local and overseas foreign media or in national an

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Articles
May 2021

Interview with Terri Gold

See places you've never been before through Terri Gold's infrared lens.

Atlantic City

Jeff Wiles explores a city of broken promises that just happens to border the Atlantic Ocean.

City Life

Half composed, half spontaneous, Martin Agius' images make city life something beautiful.

LACP Street Photography Around the World Winners

Photos by the winners of this 2021 LACP contest.

LACP Street Photography Around the World Finalists

Images by the talented finalists of this 2021 LACP competition.

Photographing the Homeless: Art or Exploitation?

Is it ever ok to photograph the homeless? Hear what John Simpson thinks.

Street Shooters of May 2021

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