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Collection of print sales for Ukraine
An overview of print sales that are being organised in order to support various charities in and for Ukraine.
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Making a Photo Book in 15 Steps
I’ve recently published my first photo book called Chasing Amsterdam, a collection of street photos that I took for a Dutch newspaper’s weekly ‘City Life’ column between 2020 and 2021. As I’ve learned much from this process I’d like to share my experience in 15 steps.
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Street Photography Books of 2021
As this year is coming to an end, I’ve collected some books that were published in or around 2021.
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Instagram Accounts That Focus on Visual Repetitions
As you might know I have a thing for repetitions and similarities. Therefore I like to follow other Instagram accounts that focus on patterns of our visual culture. Here are a few.
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When I Followed Up on a Street Photo
A while ago I wrote an article about making contact with subjects and asking for permission at times. I’ve had a lovely experience this week following up on a street photo after I had a brief encounter with someone I’ve photographed, and I’d like to share it with you. It’s the 42nd week of my…
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Why I Ask for Permission More Often When Taking Photos in the Streets
Asking permission or not, it’s a dilemma in street photography. I never used to ask people if it was ok to photograph them. Moreover, I almost didn’t make any contact. When people would confront me, I’d say that I’m doing a completely legal thing. My approach has changed a bit in the last few months.
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‘7th Floor’ by Cosmin Gârleșteanu, in Bucharest
Cosmin: “Every time he shoots, the photographer chooses what to hide away from reality into his frame, creating a new reality…the one from his photographs. But what happens when reality decides to hide away from him? When she limits the possibilities? When she only leaves the same backgrounds on a 500 meter radius? When…
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This Photographer Erased All Humans and Animals from His Pictures as Reaction to the Current Emptiness of Public Spaces
In these times, when we spend much more time at home, deliberately or not, we often have more time to revisit our existing work and sometimes even to reinvent it. Some photographers start to edit series, combine old and new work. Others recreate their images by using collage or mix photography with another art form…
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Quarantine Repeat: Protected Easter Eggs
The last couple of weeks we’ve been seeing multiple visual patterns belonging to this new type of reality we are living in. Empty streets and squares, animals roaming in cities (real and fake), the balcony culture, pictures of politicians next to planes with medical equipment, stuffed animals behind windows and many more. As I’ve always…
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How Street Photographers Are Raising Money For One of Northern Italy’s Hospitals
100streetphotographsforpesaro is an initiative by photographer Alessandro Rocchi and the municipality of Pesaro in Northern Italy. Photographers can donate a print for 100 euro, raising money for the Marche Nord hospital in Pesaro.