"There are no maybes. Life is once, forever."
Henri Cartier Bresson paraphrase on the ephemeral decisive moment and the act of capturing it by means of a camera. Summary by Jim Staub Guest: Gale Davis "Street Photography" Thank you to those who helped fill the room at Jones this morning for our guest Gale Davis, who presented his brand of dynamic street photography. I'm sure your comments and questions have given Gale hours of rumination on just what the heck he's doing with that camera. We explored the various means of taking photographs that fall under the broad category, 'Street Photography'. Gale's images demonstrated the use primarily of the telephoto to cull for a scene the evolving 'Moment'. The telephoto, we all conclude, provides the added benefit of giving the photographer a healthy head start in fleeing the scene in the event of a hapless subject is roused into pursuit of said street photographer. A lively discussion of the spoken and unspoken rules of the street were kicked around, with individual accounts given about the apprehensions a camera can elicit, positive or negative - from subjects of the camera to authorities enforcing laws presumably to protect people's privacy or property. It all adds up to making street photography a challenge, and every so often a rewarding affirmation of the human family. Below is a list of references provided by Gale LIST OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITES: ATGETPHOTOGRAPHY.COM DETAILS ON ALMOST ALL MAJOR PHOTOGRAPHERS IN PAST CENTURY COMPLEX.COM 50 BEST STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS NOW 121CLICKS.COM WORLD CLASS PORTAL DEDICATED TO ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY THOMAS.LEUTARD.PHOTOGRAPHY HOW TO E-BOOKS ON STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES HARD COVER BOOKS IN MY PERSONAL LIBRARY: WALKER EVANS AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS ROBERT FRANK’S THE AMERICANS “LOOKING IN” HELEN LEVITT A PHOTO JOURNAL RUTH ORKIN BRUCE DAVIDSON OUTSIDE INSIDE, THREE VOLUME SET
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9/23/2016 09:30:24 pm
Thanks to all the F8 crowd for allowing me to share my efforts at your meeting. I thoroughly enjoyed the lively discussion and ideas from this esteemed group.
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