I totally agree with the sentiment that so much street photography these days is derivative thanks to the echo chamber of social media. I see the same stuff over and over again and it's sadly getting stale. Though I'm SURE I suffer from a similar lack of originality, I do strive to go outside of the box. Thanks for the inspiring video!
I think the majority of Street Photographers recognise the problem but find it harder to find the solution or inspiration to make a change in their own work. Partly I think it takes courage, faith and self belief to go your own way.
Excelente investigación…en este género que cada día se produce con mayor incidencia en la captura de momentos, en la construcción objetiva de la subjetividad y la belleza expresiva.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Well, they certainly pop and make great use of color, but compositionally it’s going to be hard to do it “better” than Friedlander.
I think they stand up well because times have changed, they reflect well American society where everything is drive thru and I love his framing of little tableau through the window and his use of advertising etc. I think they’re really strong.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Unrelated to the car pictures, but do you know the work of Paul Graham? His work, A Shimmer of Possibility, is also a good example that exists near the borders of the street and documentary genre and is characterized by precisely not the big Decisive Moment but instead is about finding a meaning in the hidden ordinary moments of life.
I find myself drawn to street photography...mainly due to the high rate of failure. Am I ok? And, this is the only channel that I listen to all the way through.
Hi Nick, I just “stumbled” across your channel - some excellent work and very thought provoking. Thanks, I’ve Subscribed and looking forward to digging into your old videos and your new stuff - cheers mate :- )
Good points, Nick. Just came out of Stephen Shore’s talk at Photo London and his many styles of photography did massage my sleep-deprived little (street photography) brain. I think that your canpubphoto approach does indeed allow for as much variety as one needs to produce interesting work.
Thanks Fred, that was the only talk that interested me this week. I think canpubphoto is pretty broad, it just seeks to exclude pictorial fraud and lies.
I have only found your channel recently ,I usually find street photography videos full of empty waffle and rarely see them to the end.I find your work and thoughts original and very interesting .These have been for me quite an eye opener and look forward to seeing more,the other channel I watch out for is Groe Photography also very good.
Terrific video again. What is your opinion about photographers making seemingly snapshot-like images but capturing the beauty of the place and the atmosphere? William Eggleston is an obvious example but even more contemporary Josef Hoflehner (and even Street Photography gurus like Joel Meyerowitz touched this idea).
Thanks Nick, great vid, Please keep them coming. Really interested to see if you know of any photographers who do street photography in the back yard of where traditional landscape photographers operate.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Oh Yes, I'd seen the Merrie Albion photographs before. Good call, exactly what I was thinking of. He caught the moment before Gordon Brown was confronted by Gillian Duffy who he was subsequently caught on mic calling "bigoted". Often think that was maybe a moment of inflection for the whole country pre-Brexit and Roberts caught the scene. Must check out his more recent stuff. Cheers
I couldn't have said it better 🤣😂🤣 I just discovered myself an amazing attraction for photography and "only" having a body with couple of prime lenses, apart from shooting photos of my family, I found that walking the streets of my city are somehow inspiring. When I look at the actual trend in photography, taking aside sport, portraiture and all other variants, I find many choose to take part in street photography. For sure there is a lot of inspiration taken from the granddads of the craft and maybe a tendency to copy rather than finding your own style...which differentiate the good from the excellent. Just recently I discovered Saul Leiter's work. His style is SO unique, even if you wanted to copy it, it would show 😎
I hear you Jason, nothing wrong with copying your heros when you are in your first few years, we all did that. Thanks for watching and good luck with your street shooting.
Ha! I have to record it in little bits to stop me rambling on indefinitely. Trying to keep it short and sweet Patrick. I’ll investigate other transitions. I chose the flash because its very quick. What were you watching it on?
Thanks for the reply Nick.The short segments are fine, it's just the flashing jump cuts that I found painful (literally). Watching on a 2k Dell attached to my rather ageing Mac Pro. Flashes aside, I really enjoy the videos and find them a tremendous resource. Personally I don't like the modern fashion for close up head shots, they lack context and feel more like portraits.
Wonderfull video ! I also want to thank you for starting a street photography channel , its allways good to have more good content about this subject and you fill in that role very well. Keep it up!
Hello and thanks for yet another great video. To answer the question ("how to get out of the fish bowl?"): maybe by watching less street photo internet content (youtube street photo content for example) and going out to shoot? As Joel Meyerowitz said it during a live conference: "to find your style, you need to go out and shoot what appeals to your own eye". That takes time, effort and some money..
I agree, which is why I end each video with 'Grab your camera and get out there'. However Street Photography is an intellectual process, sure we use a camera to record the final results but knowledge, experience, cultural and historical awareness etc all play a part. When I teach a workshop I always spend time 'changing minds' in the classroom before going out and putting it into practice.
Valeria I’m never going to select photographers based on gender, only the quality of the images. Apart from Michael Wolf who I knew was a man for a long time, all the others are chosen because I saw an amazing image or series....then investigated who the photographer was and they turned out to be male.
Valeria, I did notice, the video was quite specific in its subject though, about innovation in Street Photography and about those working on the borders of the traditional definition of Street Photography. Although there are increasingly many excellent female Street Photographers, I was not aware of any that fitted this particular videos criteria. I know that white men like myself are constantly accused of bias and discrimination, and I suspect that’s what you are implying with your question but I am really only interested in great images whoever made them. Its interesting that nearly all the images submitted for my review videos are from men also. I think men are just more active in this area of photography for some reason. But I think that is slowly changing.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 I would suggest men that men are not necessarily more active in this genre, but that women are less interested in submitting to contests, collectives, reviews, exhibits, etc that are predominantly managed by (and focused) on white men. It is for this reason that there has been an increase in women's groups. It gets old trying to force your way into a party where little is done to make you feel welcomed.
The interesting question for me is not why ‘white men’ took the initiative to start and run these things but why women never did....until recently. There are many amazing female street photographers now and it seems a shame for their work to be seen separately. A great street photograph is a great street photograph regardless of the gender or ethnicity of the photographer. I started this channel just 6 wks ago, its a bit early to start accusing me of discriminating against women.
Thank you for the introduction to these photographers. I need to look more into Michael Wolf's work. This fits well into my identification of a need to find my own style. Who would have thought of using a car window to frame stories like the wedding?
I'm glad you found the work as inspiring as I did, there are many other photographers who are also doing very interesting things with Street Photography but these are my relatively recent finds. That Karl Baden shot of the wedding is gorgeous isn't it.
I think that's the important thing, seeing what others are doing helps you decide what you like and don't like and what area you want to be working in yourself.
Great video Nick. Most of these names are new to me and I really want to explore their work. My take away was how contemporary these are, and examples of good digital photography that is straight and not overly reliant on processing. I am tiring of the nostalgia and film fandom prevalent in photography. Also interesting to see Oli Kellett is from my current neck of the woods (Hastings),
Yes Steve, I agree, on Insta there is a lot of derivative work, people going out at night replicating Saul Leiter etc......why? Why not shoot your own ideas, now in 2019 instead of harking back to the 40's? Sure, absolutely be influenced by Leiters colour or use of light but don't copy his pics :-)
I guess I have to disagree that these are interesting “new” approaches to street photography. With the exception of the first guy, they all use people as distant props, or even dispense with people altogether, and they’re incredibly self-conscious. Probably 80% of the most popular street photos I see on Instagram every day are in that same vein. There’s a desire by the photographer to abstract away people, or to literally distance himself from his subjects. You want to get featured on an IG street photography collective? Red or blue umbrella in the rain with some bokeh’d out city lights in the background. No humans needed really, except to hold the umbrella. It’s sad, because for me what’s interesting is people, doing people stuff, and the joy of walking and meeting people, and taking photos. It’s not about gimmicks, visual knock knock jokes (like the two examples shown in this video), or abstraction. A real person is one of the only things you can take pictures of without it being a cliche on some level, if you have empathy and curiosity.
Thanks for your comment Joel, I don’t think Street Photography is about a place or a subject, I think it’s an approach, and I think everyone, like you, has their own preference. I think a number of approaches have become over practiced in recent years and that’s why I present 5 photographers who are not using them. Like always its just my opinion. I don’t think Street Photography is necessarily about people.
I don’t understand your comment, ‘a male gaze?’ I don’t care what gender a Street Photographer is, I’m only interested in the merit of their work. Your comment is really quite insulting, you’re implying that I have discriminated against female Street Photographers in my selection rather than chosen my favourite 5 who turned out to be men. I am never going shoe horn in female photographers just to tick a box as you suggest. Its only about the images.
Manipulation of the image in camera or in computer is not compatible with the intention of Street Photography to document the extraordinary in the everyday. All the photographers in my video document in clever and engaging ways without losing the integrity of the image.
Nt: ...better...than you... Me: Really? Nt: (ends video) Me: YEAH I need to grab my camera and get out there Now seriously, you need to see my insect street photography...
Lol, it's all only my view of what's happening and what work is being made but its very useful to have an overview of the scene in order to place yourself in it where you want to be.
You: Street photography is too cliche. Blake Andrews: uses pano apps to glitch street work. In-public: kinda neat 🤙 You: no, not like that. You: ragequits in-public. Everyone else: surprised Pikachu face. You: deletes in-public Everyone: what? You: pretends nothing happened and makes RUclips videos about avoiding cliche street work and work in a new way. Everyone: hold up...
With all respect you don’t know what happened at in-public. Blake Andrews is a terrific Street Photographer, I admired his work for over a decade, it’s unique and distinctive and individual. All the things that I am encouraging in this video. He is an innovative photographer which I applaud but in my opinion his use of computational photography took it over an important line. But that’s not why in-public ended, that was to do with the attitude of one of the other members who didn’t want to see a resolution of the discussion about the picture. There is absolutely no conflict in my position about Blakes image and my views in the video. In both I believe Street Photography to be a documentary practice. That has been my consistent position my whole career and that was already an established principle of in-public when Blake joined.
Great choice of photographers. And you showed some beautiful photos of yours taken with a long lens, Leiter’s style.
Fantastic! Absolutely brilliant work! Thanks for sharing Nick. I throughly enjoyed this video. Continued success!
I totally agree with the sentiment that so much street photography these days is derivative thanks to the echo chamber of social media. I see the same stuff over and over again and it's sadly getting stale. Though I'm SURE I suffer from a similar lack of originality, I do strive to go outside of the box. Thanks for the inspiring video!
I think the majority of Street Photographers recognise the problem but find it harder to find the solution or inspiration to make a change in their own work. Partly I think it takes courage, faith and self belief to go your own way.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 "...it takes courage, faith and self belief" - couldn't agree more!
Very interesting, thanks !
Karl Baden's pictures remind me of Raghubir Singh's book 'A way into India', shot from inside a car, mostly...
Excelente investigación…en este género que cada día se produce con mayor incidencia en la captura de momentos, en la construcción objetiva de la subjetividad y la belleza expresiva.
Visual nourishment, we all need it..Thanks Nick.
5:34 Very reminiscent and derivative of Lee Friedlander’s America By Car, except that these are in color.
I prefer them, if you’re going to do something that’s been done, do it better.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Well, they certainly pop and make great use of color, but compositionally it’s going to be hard to do it “better” than Friedlander.
I think they stand up well because times have changed, they reflect well American society where everything is drive thru and I love his framing of little tableau through the window and his use of advertising etc. I think they’re really strong.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Unrelated to the car pictures, but do you know the work of Paul Graham? His work, A Shimmer of Possibility, is also a good example that exists near the borders of the street and documentary genre and is characterized by precisely not the big Decisive Moment but instead is about finding a meaning in the hidden ordinary moments of life.
Love the goldfish bowl analogy Nick!
I find myself drawn to street photography...mainly due to the high rate of failure. Am I ok?
And, this is the only channel that I listen to all the way through.
Excellent insight into some highly talented artists.
Now it’s back to the grindstone of the streets and improve.
Thanks Nick!😀
As you repeatedly mentioned, just beautiful collection. Subscribed Nick!
Thank you for exposing us to these artists. My instagram feed just got a lot better because of you :)
I guess the common thread is being visually open to anything - going ever deeper into noticing the aesthetics already around us.
Hi Nick, I just “stumbled” across your channel - some excellent work and very thought provoking. Thanks, I’ve Subscribed and looking forward to digging into your old videos and your new stuff - cheers mate :- )
Thank you for the video! Some interesting works here
This video rainforest my feeling Photographic seeing is indescribable.
Good points, Nick. Just came out of Stephen Shore’s talk at Photo London and his many styles of photography did massage my sleep-deprived little (street photography) brain. I think that your canpubphoto approach does indeed allow for as much variety as one needs to produce interesting work.
Thanks Fred, that was the only talk that interested me this week.
I think canpubphoto is pretty broad, it just seeks to exclude pictorial fraud and lies.
Very, very interesting and thought provoking. Thanks Nick!
I have only found your channel recently ,I usually find street photography videos full of empty waffle and rarely see them to the end.I find your work and thoughts original and very interesting .These have been for me quite an eye opener and look forward to seeing more,the other channel I watch out for is Groe Photography also very good.
Thank you Colin, kind of you to say.
I worked in that building at 7:29. I love that place.
Great video, thank you very much!! Im into street portraiture, perhaps you could do a video on that? Keep up the good work.
I’d like to see you continue with this series of drawing our attention to other photographers with a fresh, non-self-conscious approach to their work.
Its a nice idea Glen, I’m always hunting down great new work so its highly likely. Thanks for watching.
Eager to see more videos from you Nick!
Thanks Héctor I have lots of commercial work this month but lots more is coming I promise :-)
Terrific video again. What is your opinion about photographers making seemingly snapshot-like images but capturing the beauty of the place and the atmosphere? William Eggleston is an obvious example but even more contemporary Josef Hoflehner (and even Street Photography gurus like Joel Meyerowitz touched this idea).
Thanks Nick, great vid, Please keep them coming. Really interested to see if you know of any photographers who do street photography in the back yard of where traditional landscape photographers operate.
The closest I can think of is perhaps the British photographer Simon Roberts.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Oh Yes, I'd seen the Merrie Albion photographs before. Good call, exactly what I was thinking of. He caught the moment before Gordon Brown was confronted by Gillian Duffy who he was subsequently caught on mic calling "bigoted". Often think that was maybe a moment of inflection for the whole country pre-Brexit and Roberts caught the scene. Must check out his more recent stuff. Cheers
Wow!! I'm amazed by the beauty of the work you showed. So much inspiration. Thanks for the video, I'm enjoying the channel a lot :)
There's some really great work being made, it's good to see what others are doing. Thanks Alessio.
Very inspirational vídeo Nick.
Trying to find my voice within night photography.
Thanks, I'm really enjoying your videos they're so refreshing and you're a great teacher.
Oh thank you Sue, I’m pleased, Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I couldn't have said it better 🤣😂🤣 I just discovered myself an amazing attraction for photography and "only" having a body with couple of prime lenses, apart from shooting photos of my family, I found that walking the streets of my city are somehow inspiring. When I look at the actual trend in photography, taking aside sport, portraiture and all other variants, I find many choose to take part in street photography. For sure there is a lot of inspiration taken from the granddads of the craft and maybe a tendency to copy rather than finding your own style...which differentiate the good from the excellent.
Just recently I discovered Saul Leiter's work. His style is SO unique, even if you wanted to copy it, it would show 😎
I hear you Jason, nothing wrong with copying your heros when you are in your first few years, we all did that.
Thanks for watching and good luck with your street shooting.
All showed the courage to go their own way.
Difficult but obviously worth the effort
Thanks for this Nick
I think you're right Rich, that's a big part of it.
Interesting and thought-provoking video, but I had to give up half way through. The bright flashes at the jump cuts were giving me a headache.
Ha! I have to record it in little bits to stop me rambling on indefinitely.
Trying to keep it short and sweet Patrick. I’ll investigate other transitions.
I chose the flash because its very quick. What were you watching it on?
Thanks for the reply Nick.The short segments are fine, it's just the flashing jump cuts that I found painful (literally). Watching on a 2k Dell attached to my rather ageing Mac Pro. Flashes aside, I really enjoy the videos and find them a tremendous resource. Personally I don't like the modern fashion for close up head shots, they lack context and feel more like portraits.
Wonderfull video ! I also want to thank you for starting a street photography channel , its allways good to have more good content about this subject and you fill in that role very well.
Keep it up!
Kind of you to say, thank you.
Hello and thanks for yet another great video. To answer the question ("how to get out of the fish bowl?"): maybe by watching less street photo internet content (youtube street photo content for example) and going out to shoot? As Joel Meyerowitz said it during a live conference: "to find your style, you need to go out and shoot what appeals to your own eye". That takes time, effort and some money..
I agree, which is why I end each video with 'Grab your camera and get out there'.
However Street Photography is an intellectual process, sure we use a camera to record the final results but knowledge, experience, cultural and historical awareness etc all play a part. When I teach a workshop I always spend time 'changing minds' in the classroom before going out and putting it into practice.
"time to climb out of the gold fish bowl of street photography"
Great inspirational video Nick, thank you!
thanks for sharing these artists work!!
all guys
Valeria I’m never going to select photographers based on gender, only the quality of the images. Apart from Michael Wolf who I knew was a man for a long time, all the others are chosen because I saw an amazing image or series....then investigated who the photographer was and they turned out to be male.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 Interesting observation ... when you found out they were all guys, did you notice?
Valeria, I did notice, the video was quite specific in its subject though, about innovation in Street Photography and about those working on the borders of the traditional definition of Street Photography. Although there are increasingly many excellent female Street Photographers, I was not aware of any that fitted this particular videos criteria. I know that white men like myself are constantly accused of bias and discrimination, and I suspect that’s what you are implying with your question but I am really only interested in great images whoever made them.
Its interesting that nearly all the images submitted for my review videos are from men also. I think men are just more active in this area of photography for some reason. But I think that is slowly changing.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 I would suggest men that men are not necessarily more active in this genre, but that women are less interested in submitting to contests, collectives, reviews, exhibits, etc that are predominantly managed by (and focused) on white men. It is for this reason that there has been an increase in women's groups. It gets old trying to force your way into a party where little is done to make you feel welcomed.
The interesting question for me is not why ‘white men’ took the initiative to start and run these things but why women never did....until recently.
There are many amazing female street photographers now and it seems a shame for their work to be seen separately. A great street photograph is a great street photograph regardless of the gender or ethnicity of the photographer. I started this channel just 6 wks ago, its a bit early to start accusing me of discriminating against women.
Thank you for the introduction to these photographers. I need to look more into Michael Wolf's work. This fits well into my identification of a need to find my own style. Who would have thought of using a car window to frame stories like the wedding?
I'm glad you found the work as inspiring as I did, there are many other photographers who are also doing very interesting things with Street Photography but these are my relatively recent finds. That Karl Baden shot of the wedding is gorgeous isn't it.
Great video! All the inspiration from great photographers!
Thanks Tuhin, hope it was useful, Thanks for watching.
Outstanding video Nick these photographers are definitely inspiring
Thanks Shahriar glad you enjoyed it.
these are great shots and great names too
Glad you enjoyed it :-)
Great examples and food for thought for sure. Great video thanks for sharing your take on the future of street photography
Thanks for watching
Thanks for posting and setting a level to aspire to - great stuff.
Thanks for watching Paul, glad it was useful.
Excellent video. Makes you think about your own work.
I think that's the important thing, seeing what others are doing helps you decide what you like and don't like and what area you want to be working in yourself.
Great video Nick. Most of these names are new to me and I really want to explore their work. My take away was how contemporary these are, and examples of good digital photography that is straight and not overly reliant on processing. I am tiring of the nostalgia and film fandom prevalent in photography. Also interesting to see Oli Kellett is from my current neck of the woods (Hastings),
Yes Steve, I agree, on Insta there is a lot of derivative work, people going out at night replicating Saul Leiter etc......why? Why not shoot your own ideas, now in 2019 instead of harking back to the 40's? Sure, absolutely be influenced by Leiters colour or use of light but don't copy his pics :-)
Love this brother, insight in every video.
Thanks Jai, appreciated.
Love this selection, Nick.
Thank you, some interesting work and different approaches. Thanks for watching :-)
Awesome stuff !!
Thank you Dave :-)
oooh, look, 5 men! Not surprised.
See my reply to Valeria below.
Gisele There are 6, actually.
Great video
I guess I have to disagree that these are interesting “new” approaches to street photography. With the exception of the first guy, they all use people as distant props, or even dispense with people altogether, and they’re incredibly self-conscious. Probably 80% of the most popular street photos I see on Instagram every day are in that same vein. There’s a desire by the photographer to abstract away people, or to literally distance himself from his subjects.
You want to get featured on an IG street photography collective? Red or blue umbrella in the rain with some bokeh’d out city lights in the background. No humans needed really, except to hold the umbrella.
It’s sad, because for me what’s interesting is people, doing people stuff, and the joy of walking and meeting people, and taking photos. It’s not about gimmicks, visual knock knock jokes (like the two examples shown in this video), or abstraction. A real person is one of the only things you can take pictures of without it being a cliche on some level, if you have empathy and curiosity.
Thanks for your comment Joel, I don’t think Street Photography is about a place or a subject, I think it’s an approach, and I think everyone, like you, has their own preference.
I think a number of approaches have become over practiced in recent years and that’s why I present 5 photographers who are not using them.
Like always its just my opinion.
I don’t think Street Photography is necessarily about people.
Thanks for your reply Nick. I’m not trying to define “street photography” for everyone, do what you love, and call it whatever you like. Cheers.
Good video, but for somei who is for new ways to photograph, it's very sad that there is only man in this list and really a male gaze overall.
I don’t understand your comment, ‘a male gaze?’ I don’t care what gender a Street Photographer is, I’m only interested in the merit of their work. Your comment is really quite insulting, you’re implying that I have discriminated against female Street Photographers in my selection rather than chosen my favourite 5 who turned out to be men. I am never going shoe horn in female photographers just to tick a box as you suggest. Its only about the images.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 I´m sure you did not understood.
Ditto
Where is Blake Andrews?
Who?
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 In-Public photographer who is using his camera in novel and unique ways. That Blake Andrews.
Manipulation of the image in camera or in computer is not compatible with the intention of Street Photography to document the extraordinary in the everyday. All the photographers in my video document in clever and engaging ways without losing the integrity of the image.
@@streetphotographywithnickt1648 that's gatekeeping bullshit and you know it.
Nt: ...better...than you...
Me: Really?
Nt: (ends video)
Me: YEAH I need to grab my camera and get out there
Now seriously, you need to see my insect street photography...
Lol, it's all only my view of what's happening and what work is being made but its very useful to have an overview of the scene in order to place yourself in it where you want to be.
Street Photography with Nick Turpin And I am so thankful for that. Karl Baden even gave me a like! Cool!
You: Street photography is too cliche.
Blake Andrews: uses pano apps to glitch street work.
In-public: kinda neat 🤙
You: no, not like that.
You: ragequits in-public.
Everyone else: surprised Pikachu face.
You: deletes in-public
Everyone: what?
You: pretends nothing happened and makes RUclips videos about avoiding cliche street work and work in a new way.
Everyone: hold up...
With all respect you don’t know what happened at in-public.
Blake Andrews is a terrific Street Photographer, I admired his work for over a decade, it’s unique and distinctive and individual. All the things that I am encouraging in this video.
He is an innovative photographer which I applaud but in my opinion his use of computational photography took it over an important line.
But that’s not why in-public ended, that was to do with the attitude of one of the other members who didn’t want to see a resolution of the discussion about the picture.
There is absolutely no conflict in my position about Blakes image and my views in the video. In both I believe Street Photography to be a documentary practice. That has been my consistent position my whole career and that was already an established principle of in-public when Blake joined.
Come on Nick, four months, let us at least hear some sh*t about Blake or something!
Ha! I would but my channel is about Street Photography :-)
Nice