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Table of Contents

Interview with Harvey Stein

Composition and Street Photography

Interview with Glenn Capers

Street Comparison – Sony A6000, Sony RX100M3 & Sony A7S

Interview with Peter Levi

Fuji XF35 and XF60 on the Streets

Street Shooters of Issue 14

Interview with Peter Levi

“Capturing souls” through black and white street photography is what makes Peter Levi more than just your average husband, father and maintenance man.

Peter is a traveling Swede with an interesting street photography style. Some of his shots reflect a stunning street minimalism, while others reflect the chaos that is ever so present in humanity. Peter has a knack for capturing genuine emotions ranging from love and joy to fear and sadness, revealing human nature at its best, and sometimes, worst.

Peter gathers inspiration from many famous documentary and reportage photographers. He knows how to get up close and personal, without drawing too much attention, and he also has an eye for using architectural lines to frame his shots. His goal: to make art out of ordinary life. He was kind enough to share with us some of what he has learned from his photography heroes, as well as a few pointers from his own experience.

On his Flickr account, Peter explains just how he feels about black and white street photography by quoting Michael Kenna as saying, “I suggest though, that if we strive for perfect, digitally processed images and prints, the further away we might get from our own fallibility and accident prone humanity.”

To to hear our conversation with Peter, click the audio player below.

http://spm-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Peter_Levi_Interview_Final.mp3

A Selection of Peter’s Photos

Urban Treasuers

Shout

Untitled

Road to Perdition

No Silver Cups

Might as Well Jump

Joyful Madness

Kingsfield #1

Domino

Central Station Meditation

Peter’s Gear

  • Fuji X100s

Peter’s Favorite Place to Shoot

  • Stockholm Old Town

Peter’s Recommended Photographers

  • Alex Webb
  • David Alan Harvey
  • Paul Hansen
Peter Levi

Peter Levi

I am not my work. I am a photographer, writer, a loving husband and father. I read a quote at someones profile that just stuck in my head, because it describes so well how I feel concerning bw. It goes something like this and if I got it wrong I appologize. "When you photograph people in color you can see the color of their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you can see their souls! " 

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Articles
July 2014

Interview with Harvey Stein

NYC street photographer, author and educator shares images from the 70s through today

Composition and Street Photography

Henning Pettersen's take on composition on the streets

Interview with Glenn Capers

Photojournalist and world traveling teacher tells his story

Street Comparison – Sony A6000, Sony RX100M3 & Sony A7S

Bruce Bachand checks out these Sony beauties on the streets of Vancouver

Interview with Peter Levi

Swedish photographer at home and around the world

Fuji XF35 and XF60 on the Streets

UK shooter Kev Shelley tires these Fuji lenses on the streets

Street Shooters of Issue 14

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