Defining Street Photography:

Street photography is photographs taken on the street without changing the picture. Street photography can include light, close-ups, black and white, tone, etc., types of images. Photos taken on the street include many strangers and different buildings. Street photography may be random because you’ll never know what you see on the road. There might be shadows, people wearing traditional dresses, people sitting on the sidewalk, and other random poses. Different pictures might be taken at different angles, high and low, far or close, and even upside down to take reflections of the water.

Street photography mind map:

Inspiring Street Photographers:

Photo by Helen Levitt

This photo shows people at far and near distances on the sidewalk and uses the technique of black and white.

Photo by Saul Leiter

This photo was taken on a rainy day and uses the technique of tone and blurriness.

Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson

This photo is not only black and white, but we can tell from the bright parts of the image that this photo also includes lighting and was taken on a sunny day.

Photo by Elliot Erwitt

This photo is also black and white and includes the use of lighting. However, we can only see the outline of the people that we are taking but not the details on the people’s faces since it is all black.