Saul Leiter – In Saul’s image we are looking at a man who is the main focus of the mage through a fogged up window. The lighting is coming from the other side of the window however it is slightly muffled due to the fog in the window. The image would have been taken on a normal shutter speed as the man is in focus, which suggest that the had stopped walking or was concentrating on something, whereas the truck that is in the back if the image is slightly blurry/out of focus. The image has a very neutral colour palette, which could be due to the snow which  has blocked out the colour of the street colour palette the only real color in the image is the yellow from the truck on the street.

Henri Cartier Bresson – This image is a massive contrast to the image taken by Henri Cartier Bresson, in his image we see a boy jumping over a puddle and his reflection appearing in the puddle so by having a person as the center focus of the image seems to be the only thing that the two images have in similarity. Technically the image is very different from Saul’s the first reason this being is that Henri’s images is very sharp and clean, the image must have been taken on a very quick shutter speed to capture the boy jumping in mid air and not to get any blur from him jumping. Henri image is also in total black and white and nearly features the full scale of Ansel Adam’s zone system.

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer born August 22, 1908, in Cantaloup France, he is considered to be the master of candid photography. He was one of the first photographers who reordered the use of street photography and photojournalism. 1923 he acquired his hand-held Leica camera with a 50mm lens.The camera gave the opportunity to capture intimate moment was essential in overcoming the formal and unnatural behaviour of those who were aware of being photographed, this was the start of his candid photography.

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Magnum Photographers

“Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually – Henri Cartier-Bresson

In 1947, after Second World War, four of the leading photographers at the time created an alliance to document, world events, people, places and different cultures with a message behind the image.Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and David Seymour created The Magnum Photos agency. Magnum Photos are known to be some of the most renowned photos and images that have changed the world, most of the icon images in the world have been taken by a Magnum photographer. Magnum photographers are a rarity and the agency is self-selecting; membership is a minimum four-year process and is considered the finest accolade of a photographer’s career. Magnum is one of the first photographic cooperatives, owned and administered entirely by members. The staff serve a support role for the photographers, who retain all copyrights to their own work. Although it has been asserted that the name “Magnum” was chosen because the founding members always drank a bottle of champagne during the first meetings.

Image Analysis

The image has been taken in black and white, which could have been to emphasize the silhouette of the mand and woman and the centre focus of the image which is the man jumping across the centre frame of the image. The image has been taken on a fast shutter speed as the man jumping has been captured mid-shot in and is very sharp. The image has has been taken using the natural lighting that was there at the time, which seems to be a very dull and grey day which helps to create a nice tonal range with the darkest colors bring in the silhouettes of the people and then having a range of colours in the sky from the natural environment. Visually the image could be spilt up into different sections would still be acceptable images by themselves, in the image, there are many harsh lines ( the building in the left-hand side of the image, the Elifle tower which then joins to create another line with the man’s legs). The image was taken in Paris in 1989 by Henri Cartier Bresson

Street /Candid Photography

Street/Candid photography is a form of photography in which the subject that is being photographed is unaware that the photo is being taken and the encounter between the subject and the photographer is a chance encounter

Street Photography

Street photography can focus on people and their behavior in public, thereby also record people’s history. This motivation entails having also to navigate or negotiate changing expectations and laws of privacy, security and property. In this respect, the street photographer is similar to social documentary photographers or photojournalists who also work in public places, but with the aim of capturing newsworthy events; any of these photographers’ images may capture people and property visible within or from public places.

Candid Photography

Is a photography captured without creating a posed appearance the candid character of a photo is unrelated to the subject’s knowledge about or consent to the fact that photos are being taken and unrelated to the subject’s permission for further usage and distribution. The crucial factor is the actual absence of posing. However, if the subject is absolutely unaware of being photographed and does not even expect it.

Links About Street Photography

https://world-street.photography/en/

http://mashable.com/2014/02/23/44-beautiful-candid-moments-captured-in-photographs/#4e_lfoGjNaqH

Links about environmental photography

https://digital-photography-school.com/environmental-portraits/

Environmental portraits Photographers

https://anthonykurtz.com/

https://www.lenspoden.com/washington-dc-va-photographer-environmental-portraits/

http://aaronleefineman.com/