Developing Your Own Street Style

Week 5Classic Street PhotographersAndre KerteszAndre Kertesz1920s-1980sHungarianSeminal figure of photojournalism Prior to HCBPhoto-essayComposition

QuotesSeeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photographI just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eyeMr. Kertesz was known for his drive and enthusiasm. At 90, he produced a portfolio of new pictures and showed it to the photographer Susan May Tell. When she asked him what it was that kept him working, he replied, "I am still hungry.- written in his obiturary

Henri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-Bresson1920s-1970sGrandfather of street photographyGeometryLinesThe Decisive MomentFocal length: 50mm

QuotesThe photograph itself doesnt interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You musnt go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

What inspired HCB to start shooting"Muncacci's picture made me suddenly realized that photography could reach eternity through the moment."

Martin Munkacsi: 'Black boys ashore Lake Tanganyika' (1931)

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau

1930s-1950sParis (with HCB)Influences:HCBAndre KerteszStyle:ModestPlayfulAmusing juxtapositionsFlanuerShyQuotes"The marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street." Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it and you have to pay for it with your life, spending a lot of time, you pay for it with time, not the wasting of time but the spending of time.

Helen LevittHelen Levitt1930s-1960sNYC Influences:HCBWalker EvansStyle:ChildrenStreet cultureChalk drawings

QuotesSince Im inarticulate, I express myself with images.I looked at paintings for compositionI go where theres a lot of activity

Robert FrankRobert FrankBorn in Switzerland, did his 1958 book titled The AmericansSkeptical outside view to American societyAmerica by car

Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier1950s-1960sNannyBorn in New York, grew up in FranceShot around 40 years in ChicagoDiscovered by John Maloof

Alfred EisenstaedtAlfred Eisenstaedt1930s-1970sGerman-AmericanLIFE PhotographerFamous for V-J Day Kiss