When you think of Hawaii, you probably think of an island paradise filled with palm trees, sunshine and surfers. It's certainly not the most urban backdrop for street photography, but that doesn't stop HNL Street Collective from creating some glorious street shots. Their photos may look a little different from someone shooting NYC, but these guys know that at the core of street photography is the human element. So they go where the people are in Honolulu: Chinatown, strip malls, and mostly, the
The July 2021 issue of Street Photography Magazine is now available
Valérie Jardin’s Teaching Moments
Teaching Moments is a new ebook by Valérie Jardin that will help you gain insight into the makings of some of her favorite photos. Valérie says, "This new book is an intimate insight into my thought and creative process from visualization to capture. Each photo story is a teaching moment as I take you on a photo walk in some of my favorite cities and beaches!" The book will give you a behind the scenes view of how Valérie captures special moments and provide you with the inspiration you need
Tim Huynh – Beyond the Frame
On this episode of the SPM podcast, Bob sat down with Tim Huynh, director of the film Fill the Frame, a new street photography documentary. Not only did Tim tell Bob about the making of the film, he also went into detail about another project he's been working on called, Beyond the Frame, a stellar YouTube series that premieres today! It's a mini-documentary series of sorts about individual street photographers and their work - one you don't want to miss. Listen in to our conversation to
Surprise Walker Evans Exhibition
While visiting Knoxville, Tennessee this week I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon an exhibition of Walker Evans photographs that he cmade for James Agee’s classic work, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. The exhibition currently on view at the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery was created to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Evan's classic work. The exhibit includes 50 framed photographs printed by the Library of Congress from Evans’ original negatives plus material from the
The June 2021 Issue of Street Photography Magazine is now available
Marc Gordon – Gay Pride Documentary Project
Marc Gordon was trained at the International Center for Photography in New York City and studied street photography with Harvey Stein. His photography focuses on documentary style photography and unposed portraiture - two elements that can be clearly seen in his work from New York City's Gay Pride Parade, an event that brims over with emotions and controversy. In this episode, Marc told me more about what it was like to capture the contrasts seen at that event and how he manages to get right in
Kevin Fletcher – Avenue of Roses
In the October 2020 issue of SPM, Gina Williams wrote this about Kevin Fletcher, "Essentially self-taught, he built and explored the magic of the darkroom, taught himself the Zone System, photographed and photographed, and eventually ended up attending graduate school at New York City’s School of Visual Arts. "Fletcher went on to embark on a successful career as a cinematographer. He now lives in Portland, Oregon. While telling stories through film projects as a Director of Photography in his
Meryl Meisler – New York PARADISE LOST Bushwick Era Disco
It was our pleasure to speak with our good friend Meryl Meisler once again, this time about her newest book New York PARADISE LOST Bushwick Era Disco. Strand Books describes this book as "an intimate journey to the pandemonium and paradise of the 1970s through early 1990s New York City. Meryl documented a tumultuous time in NYC’s history – epidemics of arson, crime, crack, and AIDS, intensified by a paralyzing blackout, political and fiscal crisis...Her effervescent images are personal
The May 2021 Issue of Street Photography Magazine is now available
Suitcase Joe – Street Photography on Skid Row
Suitcase Joe is an anonymous photographer and activist who uses his work to advocate for the unhoused. He spent a decade getting to know Skid Row and its inhabitants—the largest unhoused community in America—and in that time he gained the trust and acceptance to intimately observe and photograph the inner workings of their daily lives. Suitcase Joe's photos allow some of L.A.'s most vulnerable people to tell some of the city's most powerful stories. Get to know the photographer behind this
