Tag: street photography

  • Interview With Chicago Street Photographer Mike McCawley

    Interview With Chicago Street Photographer Mike McCawley

    With the aim of re-engaging on Flickr (I’ve maintained a Pro account for several years, but have rarely logged in the past few), I recently joined the group Street & Repeat 108, a street photography “boot camp.” The curriculum includes bi-monthly instructions from selected photographers who essentially give an assignment to the group’s members, who,…

  • Dive-Bar Meet Up With Photographer Angelo Partemi

    Dive-Bar Meet Up With Photographer Angelo Partemi

    It went down in the DMs. Well, to start with anyway. Angelo Partemi direct messaged me on Instagram: he was passing through Chicago, his hometown, and wanted to meet up. After a moment’s look at his feed — *Borat voice* “Very nice!” — of course I was game. Oh, and at a four-star rated dive…

  • Is Photography Storytelling?

    Is Photography Storytelling?

    “A picture paints a thousand words.” It’s one of the most well known and often used English language idioms, its etymology traced to the early 20th century, and sentiments similar even further back. The originally accredited quote was in reference to graphics in general; however, with the growth in popularity of photography in the last…

  • Street Photography Motif #02: Headless

    Street Photography Motif #02: Headless

    This is my second in an ongoing series I started this year examining street photography’s motifs — that is, like any genre, the repeated concepts, elements, subjects, themes, etc. that are present throughout the canon and used similarly by many different photographers. Simply put, there are “types” of shots that have been established and have…

  • Street Photographer To Follow On Instagram: Sean Colello

    Street Photographer To Follow On Instagram: Sean Colello

    Last week, I visited New York City, my second trip of the year to the Big Apple solely to shoot — a self-guided, three-day street photography vacation essentially. Having connected with some of the members of NYCSPC during my trip in the spring, I joined them for their monthly meeting held in Manhattan. There, shooters…

  • Youngjae Lim Says Seek “New Eyes”

    Youngjae Lim Says Seek “New Eyes”

    I came across today’s quote in an article by Chris Gampat for The Phoblographer, “13 Motivational Tips from the NYC Street Photography Collective.” There’s plenty of gold to mine from the tips included, but one quote stuck out particularly from Youngjae Lim: “The real journey of discovery in street photography consists not in seeking new…