Blog post #8a

In this chapter, Rexer discusses about street photography. He wrote: "Sometimes the photographer's agenda is broadly political, [...] committed to revealing unseen or ignored conditions and the people who experience them. Sometimes it is aesthetic, to capture the changing patterns of light, shadow, color, and form that define the ineffable atmosphere of the moments in the city." However, no matter what the purpose is, I find, for street photography, they all share one thing in common, which is candidness, which is what I find interesting in street photography. In fact, I believe street is probably the most candid kind of photography. It involves no studio lighting, no setup or anything, but instead is just a photographer capturing split moments in everyday life. That is also what makes street photography very free and available, thus to a certain extend, easy. But among the vast availability, only very few pictures (decisive moments capturing beautiful people's interaction, or an interesting view of the city that people don't often notice) differentiate good street photos with ordinary ones.

It is also interesting that Rexer mentions people's negative reaction towards street photographers. I get that's why these photographers often blend in by wearing dark clothes and using very small cameras 😆