Street photography is a type of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places. The photographs are mirror images of society, displaying ‘unmanipulated’ scenes, with usually unaware subjects.
 Street photography can focus on people and their behavior in public, thereby also recording people’s history, but does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment.

Street photography and documentary photography are two very similar genres of photography that often overlap while also having individual qualities. Street photography has the ability to document, while documentary has the definite intention of recording history. Documentary photography can be candid, whereas street photography is defines by its candidness. Photojournalists aim of capturing newsworthy events; any of these photographers’ images may capture people and property visible within or from public places.