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Homework 2- Street Photography

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I selected the images from my photo shoot that I thought have a clear subject and a good angle at which the photo was taken and displayed them below. I have highlighted the photos I definitely want to use in red and highlighted them in yellow if they need editing.

I have chosen these photos and have cropped them to make the overall photo more aesthetically pleasing and so you can see the person more clearly and distinctly. The photograph was candid as i took it at an angle in which the subject did not know they were being photographed, making it more natural. My favourite photo out of the two is the first one as it is more interesting as she is looking for something and is not just walking down the street.

I chose another three images which I liked out of my photo shoot and experimented with the colours and tones. This process allows me to see my photographs next to one another and compare them with each other so i can effectively chose my final images. My favorite image from the first row is the 3rd image as i set the white balance to fluorescent light in order to create a blue tint. This creates the effect that the photo was taken in the evening. I also like the colours in the background as i think it gives the photo more atmosphere.

These are my final two images from the photoshoot.

The first image i like as the subject is completely natural which makes the photo candid. I also managed to capture the photo the moment in which he realised he was being photographed which is why his face is confused. I edited the photo in black and white to emphasise the the contrasts in colour and so the subject and the street are in similar tones. I like the background in the photograph and i think it portrays a street well, the fencing and the traffic cone create a sense of the loud atmosphere when the photograph was taken.

I chose this as my second final image as the atmosphere of the photograph contrasts a lot with the first image. The first being loud and busy, and this photo being more calm and relaxed due to the colours in the background of the photo. I edited the photo to emphasise the pastel light pink wall in the background and the railings behind her. The composition of the photograph is good as it is split up my straight lines showing the rule of thirds. The photo is also candid and natural as the subject is unaware that the photo is being taken making it ideal for street photography.

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Street Photography

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What is street photography?

This genre of photography is linked to documentary photography. It started as a way to document what happened to people in certain places at a certain time. Street photographers document people and their behaviors in public places (not just streets.) It is used as a recording of history, events and news. Framing and timing are key elements within street photography to allow an achievement within this genre. Street photographers display scenes of people unaware that the photo is being taken. This method creates a very truthful and realistic image, making the viewer feel as if they are in the picture. This structure of a photograph being captured without creating a posed appearance is called a candid photograph.

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Mary Ellen Mark

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Is a well known street photographer,Her work is used in order to demonstrate a side of reality that is presented as the minority,so using her camera as a mode of inablment to show these people.

Her work can be descried as old and new,it is a modernization of historic journalism within her work but also a more outrageous twist to which she is accustomed.  Mary Ellen has been photographing on the streets of New York City since before she even lived in New York City—and she continues to.  The energy and variety of New York has always inspired Mary Ellen.  Her work is also seen within experimenting in different modes such as Polaroids or more set up celebrity shoots. Although she only shoots people who have somewhat political power or a message of leadership within their own work.

Before her fame as a photographer, In 1983 Mary Ellen met Tiny, a 13-year-old girl working as a prostitute on the streets of Seattle. This was the inspiration for her book and commentary that inspired her work for a further 30 more years. This demonstrates how her work was based off a story of people and some occasions this could be based upon suffering or a miscarriage of life that she wanted to change by exposing to the world.

Mary Ellen taught photography workshops for over 30 years.she discusses the main topics that she would distill in her workshops using examples of her work and also photographs by some of her students.Her work was always graphic and had a suitable message behind every each piece. Her work shows a continuous  explotment of different people,races and social classes within america at the time. As clearly seen all of her images are real and captured from inspiration within the streets.

to me her work is a clear exaggeration of the issues at the time and how it was important to exploit the minority and the issues living among everyone in new York. To me her work expresses and demonstrates Americas development and need for change within people.Each of her photos exploit a different conceptual concept of people within NYC .

My favorite image is seen below: 

I like this image due to all the possible reasons behind as to why it was taken. this image has an interesting  angle and composition to show a small youthful girl leaning on a masked persons shoulder,perhaps this is done to show how even the innocent are reliant upon masked and faked laws that portray a sense that they are helping and efficient but are nothing but the differ.