The term street photography is often thought to mean photographs of people, and usually in big and busy cities, usually walking along the sidewalks. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a big part of it yes, but it’s only a part. Street (or social) photography is a sensibility, one that can and […]
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First Place: Tommi Here are the results! (For those of you who aren’t familiar – this is the result of a contest run with my mailing list to send photos taken within 5 blocks of your home). I found it pretty exciting that nearly 100 sent in submissions. I’m going to include the three winners
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Like it’s predecessors, the Fuji X100 and Fuji XT, the Fuji GFX 50R is a marvel of engineering, ergonomics, size, image quality, and price. I had seen wonderful, giant prints at the PhotoPlus event that were created with the Fuji GFX, and with some unbelievable Fuji deals out right now (as of right
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All photographs © Saul Leiter Updated July 2026 · by James Maher, street photographer and photography historian Saul Leiter was shooting color street photography in the late 1940s — decades before the art world accepted color as art — making painterly photographs through fogged windows, half-open doors, and falling snow within a few blocks of
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Helen Levitt captured the lyrical spirit of a New York that no longer exists. Attracted to the poorer areas of the city, particularly the Lower East Side and Spanish Harlem, Levitt saw the street of these neighborhoods as the living room of New York, where children played, neighbors chatted, and where people from all walks
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