If the name Cristóbal Carretero Cassinello sounds familiar to you, you may recall that last year, he was the featured photographer in our March issue. Even then, something we loved about Cristóbal's work was his minimalist, often abstract style. Well, he's done it again, this time with a project that will leave your debating a chicken or egg kind of conundrum and asking, what did Cristóbal see first? The painting or the image? It's called Surreal Analogies and the project is all about
Totally Stoked About a Rad Project from the 80s
Are you a fan of Stranger Things? Then you are going to love this. Do you hate Stranger Things but love all things 80s? Then you are going to love this. Do you hate Stranger Things and the 80s, but find the era worth laughing about? Then you are going to love this. Actually, I stumbled across this project in my news feed by chance and couldn't believe no reference to the official "Street Photography Genre" was made. But no worries, I'll make it here. ;) It was a random BuzzFeed article (You
Dumb Luck: Street Photography by Shlomi Amiga
Meet Shlomi Amiga. That's this guy 👇 Shlomi is a talented photographer and photo editor who works on all kinds of projects though, of course, we're partial to his street photography projects in particular. In fact - Spoiler Alert - You'll be able to get to know Shlomi better in an audio interview as our featured photographer in the September 2019 issue of SPM! But in case you can't wait until September to see more of Shlomi's work (we know you can't wait that long), you're in
Interview with Meryl Meisler
Typically we publish our podcast every other Thursday, but I’m adding a special one this week because I am so take with the work of today’s guest Meryl Meisler who I had the pleasure of meeting in person at the Miami Street Photography Festival back in December. Meryl is a native of new York City is a photographer, teacher and author who has been recording her life and the world around her with a camera since the 1970’s. Inspired by masters Diane Arbus and Helen Levitt she has her own unique
Cosmos by Cristóbal Carretero
A few months ago, in an interview with Nancy Lehrer, we talked about the fact that as street photography (specifically in Cuba) becomes more widely practiced and shown, in order to take images that stand out, it becomes necessary to dig deep into the culture and get under the skin of a place. That's definitely one way to create a solid set of images, but as they say, there's more than one way to skin a cat (ew). In his project "Cosmos," Cristóbal Carretero takes another approach, which is to
Kyle Weeks Explores Ghana’s Youth Culture
Sometimes, when you find yourself in the depths of YouTube or Vimeo and you are just about to give up on finding any worthwhile street photography videos you haven't seen yet, you stumble upon something epic. That's exactly how I found this "Ghanian Youth" video featuring photographer Kyle Weeks. I'm not going to talk it up, because the video and Kyle's work speak for themselves, but here are a few of my favorite takeaways, especially on creating a successful project or body of work that
Mexico Between Life and Death – Interview with Harvey Stein
Our guest today is Harvey Stein. He currently teaches at the International Center of Photography, (ICP) in New York and teaches a series of photography workshops around the world. His work is been exhibited around the world and is the recipient of numerous awards. Also he’s been published in dozens of magazines like the New Yorker, Time Magazine, life Magazine, Esqire, The New York Times and too many others to list here. Publishing a monograph of your street photos is the promised land
Niles Heckman’s Philisophical Photography
As so often happens while I work on anything related to the magazine, blog or podcast, I stumbled across (or should I say, thanks to a process oriented approach, I allowed the universe direct me to the discovery of ) a Vimeo video called "Sharing Your Light: A Street Photography Exposé" featuring Niles Heckman. I found Niles' observations on philosophy as it relates to street photography both insightful and amusing and so I thought I'd share it with you, here on the
Street Photography Can Make a Difference
Street photography as a genre is something of a melting pot. It's actually one of the things I love about it. Street photography can be fine art, storytelling, portraiture, B&W, color, basically anything you want it to be. It also has a wide variety of practical applications. Some sell prints, some are only hobbyists, some join competitions, some display their images in galleries, and some stow away their images to be found by a stranger in the distant future (like a certain Vivian I know
StreetRepeat: Julie Hrudova Finds Similarities in Street Photography
As street photography grows as a genre, daily life around the world unfolds before our eyes. And what's most striking about it? The countless similarities. Street photography could be called a social proof that no matter where a person lives in the world, human beings are human beings. We are drawn to the same humorous situations, we face the same struggles and injustices, we gather to eat, we go to work, we come home, we feel love and loneliness. People are people. You may remember Julie
The New York Street Photography Collective and a Tribute to Glenn Capers
In This Episode Today we pay tribute Glenn Capers, to one of my favorite street photographers who we lost last week. Plus we’ll speak with members of the very active New York City Street Photography collective. A Tribute to Photojournalist Glenn Capers If you’ve been following SPM you’ve probably heard me mention that Glenn Capers is one of my favorite photographers. It saddens me to tell you that Glenn has just last week lost his battle with heart disease and has passed away. He leaves