Colors on 5 street reading series#

Why canвЂ™t the world we live in be as interesting?вЂќ We tell ourselves, вЂњMan, the world was so much more interesting back then. We often look back at the old photos of Paris in the 1920s and feel nostalgia. Date Your Images (Copyright: Stephen Shore)

However when shooting in color I see things like clothes, juxtaposition of colors, logos, etc. This is because when you are shooting in the streets, you will see the world differently (depending on how you approach it).ДЇor example, when IвЂ™m shooting in black and white film, I see the world as abstractions in terms of lines, shapes, reflections and shadows etc. I also recommend for people to go out shooting thinking in either black and white or color. Consider color as a way to see the world in a descriptive and вЂњrealвЂќ way, and black and white to see the world in a more conceptual and imaginary way (we donвЂ™t see the world in black and white). Therefore when it comes presenting your work, consider why you decide to present it in color vs black and white. While editing directly from life, photographers found it difficult to see simultaneously both the blue and the skyвЂќ вЂ“ John Szarkowski 1976. In the first case the meanings of color have been ignored in the second they have been at the expense of allusive meanings. вЂњMost color photography, in short, has been either formless or pretty. Color adds how it is, imbued with temperatures and humidities of experienceвЂќ.ДЇormer curator of MOMA, John Szarkowski wrote eloquently on these jet as well saying:

вЂњBlack and white can show how something is. In the book there was a quote by Peter Schjeldahl: Shoot Color For Visual Accuracy And Realism (Copyright: Stephen Shore)

Colors on 5 street reading series#

Think about how a series of images can create your own вЂњvisual diaryвЂќ. DonвЂ™t feel that all of your shots have to be of crazy-extraordinary вЂњdecisive moments вЂ“ look for the вЂњboringвЂќ and mundane things around you to capture. Therefore when youвЂ™re out shooting street photography, try to add your own personality and view of the world in your shots. For example, when he took a photograph of four chicken bones (he just ate at a diner) he did so because he thought the food was awful, and couldnвЂ™t understand why anyone would cook or eat that kind of stuff in America. Through these images you donвЂ™t see the images as they are, but as a reflection of how Stephen Shore saw the places he visited. He also took all of these photos on a cheap Rollei 35mm camera, and traveled all across America. When Stephen Shore worked on his вЂњAmerican SurfacesвЂќ project, he took a road trip across America and took photos of the following things: It can be a deep self-reflection of yourself вЂ“ and how you see society through your photographs.

Street photography doesnвЂ™t only need to be shots of other people walking about on the streets. Create A Visual Diary (Copyright: Stephen Shore) If you are interested in learning more about color and street photography, read on!ДЎ. Although his style is classified more as documentary and urban landscape, I think there is a lot of things we can learn from him as street photographers. For those of you who may not know, he is one of the early color pioneers in photography in America. While in Amsterdam I checked out the FOAM photography museum and picked up a book on Stephen Shore. (All images in this article are copyrighted by Stephen Shore)