Many people shoot street photography. Few truly stop to understand what they are looking at. If you think street photography is just about “capturing the moment,” this course may change the way you see.
This is not a technical course. It is not a how-to manual. It is a path toward photographic maturity. Through the work of the great masters of street photography, we will analyze language, choices, intentions, and vision — questioning what is often taken for granted.
You will learn not only to look at images more carefully, but to understand what truly makes them powerful.
I will show you a different point of view from the one we are usually accustomed to, and together we will try to bring out some critical aspects, questions, and doubts… rather than simply repeating the usual narrative.
PROGRAM:
- Introduction
- The origins, Eugène Atget and André Kertész
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, reportage and the decisive moment
- Elliott Erwitt, Walker Evans, Robert Frank
- Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand and photographic language
- Anders Petersen, William Klein, Joel Meyerowitz
- Ray K. Metzker, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb
- Martin Parr, Josef Koudelka
- Michael Ackerman, Antoine D’Agata, Daido Moriyama, Bruce Gilden
- Conclusions
All works shown are used for purposes of critique or discussion and are therefore exclusively intended for teaching and educational use. All rights to the works shown in this course belong to their respective authors or rights holders. The works are displayed at the minimum quality necessary for a proper understanding of the topics discussed.
Under no circumstances does this course constitute competition with the economic exploitation of the works; on the contrary, it aims to promote and disseminate them. Should any rights holder have inadvertently not been notified and disagree with the use of their work, the course author is available to remove it upon contact through this platform or via email (available on the author’s website).
