What is street photography?

Street photography is the art of capturing life, culture, and humanity, in a candid manner. It is fascinating because a small percentage of photographers seem to be naturally drawn to it. Even before hearing about the phrase street photography, which can be a clunky term anyway, there are many photographers who prefer to point their cameras in the direction of culture and people that they’ve never met before, over mountains, sunsets, and landscapes.However, if you haven’t done it before, street photography can be very intimidating to actually pull off.

This is what i experience when trying to make my own street photography. In class we went to town to explore street photography. It was a very hands on experience dealing with the general public’s reactions to taking there picture. Many of them i asked first such as the lady on the befit makeup counter because many business have very strict contracts that do not allow there employees to be photographed for commercial reasons. Many peoples reactions on the street were negative but most just walked on by. These contact sheets reflect my experiences and what street photography entails.