Comments on: Best street photography/photographers

Question: Best street photography/photographers

bbranden1 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:47:49 -0800

Street Photography: any suggestions for photography books or or great photographers in that niche? I'm particularly interested in street photography of the 1930's thru the 1970's.

By: box

box — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:56:36 -0800

I like Martha Cooper a lot.

By: dog food sugar

dog food sugar — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:35 -0800

Maybe look at some Garry Winogrand books. Some of his pictures have a confrontational feel to them that's uncomfortable and interesting.

By: ericb

ericb — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:07:44 -0800

BTW -- check out Bystander: A History Of Street Photography which covers many masters of Street Photography, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Paul Strand, Bill Brandt, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Weegee (Arthur Fellig), Gary Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, and Helen Levitt.

By: strangecargo

strangecargo — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:31:21 -0800

I second dfs' Garry Winogrand recommendation. Robert Frank's The Americans is one of my favorites. You might also like William Eggleston's Guide. I find The Americans to be really inspiring. Unfortunately, it's currently out of print, but the last printing was in 2000, so it shouldn't be *too hard* to find a copy for a reasonable price. Both were groundbreaking for their times.

By: roderashe

roderashe — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:39:41 -0800

Here is the man.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:42:20 -0800

Diane Arbus

By: dinty_moore

dinty_moore — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:12:42 -0800

You might want to check out Helen Levit

By: nnk

nnk — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:52:58 -0800

Seconding Helen Levitt and adding Esther Bubley.

By: Fins

Fins — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:22:28 -0800

Robert Capa, Weegee and Henri Cartier Bresson.

By: nnk

nnk — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:54:34 -0800

a little off topic, but I always enjoy what I find at Shorpy.

By: lunachic

lunachic — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:00:28 -0800

James Van Der Zee. Or Gordon Parks.

By: bbranden1

bbranden1 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:37:15 -0800

nnk, thanks for the shorpy link. Very interesting!

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:09:44 -0800

Brassai!!! I picked up his 'Paris By Night' at a used bookstore and enjoyed it thoroughly.

If you're looking for real contemporary work, I would suggest -- yes, haters -- Vice Magazine and The Vice Photo Book, which I just happened to get for Christmas.

By: davetill

davetill — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:28:55 -0800

No one has mentioned Walker Evans yet. So I will.