Untitled by Bart_?-°

Untitled, originally uploaded by Bart_?-°.

Vera by Cornaile

vera, originally uploaded by cornaile.

your part of town against mine by er_code_blue

your part of town against mine, originally uploaded by er_code_blue.

Street Photography

I went to the Format Festival up in Derby last month and saw more great street photography in one day than I'd seen in all my previous years. The more I saw, the more I realised that I know bugger all about it. I think it intrigues me because it's hard to do well (as I know from some terrible attempts), it's not a simple question of learning techniques or technical ability. Cheesy as it sounds, it seems to be more about an attitude or an approach. I think it's also fairly demanding on the viewer to some extent, you need to put in some effort to understand what makes the shots so rewarding and what makes them work. Often, seemingly random photos reveal solid underlying composition and beautiful moments of chance.

In an idle moment I recently came across a well-known group on Flickr called Hardcore Street Photography which has some superb examples of contemporary street photography. It also has a thriving community, with very active and unsparing criticism which is generally quite hard to find on Flickr. Helpfully, they list a whole host of photography resources, which I'm now going to shamelessly repost. I'm still working my way through them myself, but there's masses of inspiring and informative work.

LVP Magazine

2point8

sevensevennine

Garry Winogrand

Street Reverb Magazine

Rings, Santa Monica by Timothy Berg

Rings, Santa Monica, originally uploaded by timothy berg.

Skull Man by ●●●sdzn

skull man , originally uploaded by ●●●sdzn.

ro052010-001-copy3 by Lorenza_F

ro052010-001-copy3, originally uploaded by Lorenza_F.

she sleeps by Pierre RED

she sleeps, originally uploaded by Pierre RED.

Getty Images

After a pretty quiet spell, I'm pleased to say that Getty Images have picked another of my shots for licensing. It was taken whilst visiting friends up in Leamington last November with my old 1950s Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex 1C TLR. It really is a magic camera – although it's not the most reliable bit of kit, when it's in the right mood it creates beautiful images. Many thanks to my friends Sarah, Bob and Robin for giving me permission to licence the shot.

Japan Charity Print Auction: The Barbican

Japan Charity Print Auction: The Barbican, originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

...and another one.