A Personal Journey, Part Two
July 30, 2013
City of Shadows – © Alexey Titarenko
New Bond Street – © Matt Stuart
Since I had the book Street Photography Now in my hands I wonder how it is possible that under the title of street photography Alexey Titarenko and Matt Stuart can coexist? I like both, but I think the only thing they share is the setting. I know it is just a book, but asking questions is not bad. In the search for an answer I structured the problem into three parts: the documentary function, the experience and the aesthetics of street photography. It is in the experience where I find more certainty, especially in the phrase by Nick Turpin “It is a simple ‘Zen’-like experience…” It is precisely here that I see clearly where street starts and ends. A “streeter” must feel the street, breathe it, live it, must be passionate about the urban environment and the “casualities” it “encounters”. Some time ago I mixed in “Intuitive Photography” Cartier‑Bresson, Zen and archery to talk about the photographic experience and how we learn to “flow” shooting. Regardless of style, or possible documentary intention, I think all of us who do street share this:
