History and context

street photography focuses on capture candid real life moments usually in public spaces without the subject knowing that they are being photographed these are genuine moments that are happening, this is purist as you are not having someone posed or changing what’s happening its being present in real time. And its a way of documenting every-day life that can tell story’s about a moment of someone’s life.

street photography as its own genre began as an offshoot of photojournalism. as many street photographers started as photojournalists and fashion photographers and continued to do street photography in their own hours and it slowly began to rise in popularity due to many famous photographers at the time starting to enjoy shoot this specific genre.

images from google from various different street photographers

Key Moments

The invention of the portable camera: The invention of the portable camera allowed street photographers to be more subtle and take images far easier tot take which helped develop street photography as a genre.

The Magnum Photos Agency: The Magnum Photos Agency founded in 1947 played a huge role in the development of street photography where magnum photographers such as Henri-Cartier Bresson became known for their street work.

Street Photography as a political statement: in the 1960’s and 70’s some photographers such as Danny Lyon used their camera to try and make a political statement

Digitalisation of photography: the digitalisation of photography allowed street photographers to focus more on capturing the moment rather than how to use the camera and making sure that it is set up correctly

information of the key moments in street photography from this website:

https://michielheijmans.com/en/what-is-street-photography/key-events-in-street-photography