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Margaret Bourke-WhiteAs you know, I normally don't do (features) Journals.
The exception goes to those photographers that had some historical importance in the photography World, those that influence(d) me, those that I believe can move others like they moved me, humanitarian photographers, and that normally live in the "shadow" of the same old Features and references.
Meet Margaret Bourke-White.
Margaret Bourke-White was born in the Bronx, New York, in June 1904.
She was an documentary photographer and a pioneer.
She is best known as the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union (1930), the first female war correspondent, the first female permitted to work in combat zones, the first female photographer for Henry Luce's Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover, and the first female photographer of Fortune magazine.
In July 22, 1941, when the first bombs fell in Moscow, she was the only foreign photographer on site. It was the biggest scoop. For h

Aspect Ratio, Composition, Present and FuturePhotography is simply a technology that allows you to record a moment in time, in a box that simply captures a moment of light. Simple and basic as that, no myth there.
But the decision on how to capture that moment and its variables like composition, time and subject matter remain in the hands of photographer.
Let's talk about that box, how it affects composition, and the time we live in. Photographic technology has developed at a rapid pace. From the 19th century's cumbersome daguerreotypes to today's compact digital cameras, photography has become one of the most accessible art mediums, but more related to motion pictures that we might think, being at the same time influence and influenced by each other.
4:3 (1.33)
The original aspect ratio used by the motion picture was industry was 4:3, or ratio down to 1.33:1, or just 1.33. Theories why vary from from Euclid's famous Greek "Golden Section", a shape of approximately 1.6, to a shape that simply saved m

Decisive Moment vs Moment to DecideHenri Cartier-Bresson defines "The Decisive Moment" as follows:
"There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever."
However, Henri Cartier-Bresson didn't only take one single photograph when he saw a decisive moment ready to happen (David Hurn refers to this as a "pregnant moment") but rather took several images of the same scene.
That truth is reinforced by the fact that "Gare" is one of only two photographs I know of that Cartier-Bresson cropped. There was a fence off to the left, and he didn't have time to move to the right before it was time to shoot.
You can see the original, un-cropped version in his book, Henri Cartier Bresson: Scrapbook.
If you look carefully at the masters work like Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, or

Ara Güler, Turkey's master of photographySources: Hurriyet Daily News http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ara-guler-turkeys-master-of-photography.aspx?pageID=238&nID=14941&NewsCatID=385 and Ara's official website http://www.araguler.com.tr/
Master of photography, Ara Güler, has an archive of two million photos that he keeps in the third floor of an apartment inherited from his father. Born in Istanbul in 1928, Güler worked in a number of branches of filmmaking in various studios. In 1950 he began working as a journalist for daily Yeni Istanbul.
A graduate of the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics, Güler also worked as the near eastern photojournalist for Time-Life, Paris-Match and Der Stern magazines. In 1953, Güler met Henri Cartier Bresson and joined the Paris Magnum Agency.
Selected as “one of the world’s top seven photographers” in 1961 by the British-based Photography Annual Anthology, Güler was also accepted as the only Turkish member of the American Society of Media Phot

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When's It Due
by :iconearthhart:
It was Market Day in Wells, and I was sitting outside the Pasty Shop, one of my 'hides', having a quad-shot espresso, and chatting to a friend, when across the road, I noticed this pregnant lady at the ATM, she was glowing. I waited for her to turn around after getting her cash, just as she did, another lady, also pregnant, walked passed her, they recognised each other and began to talk, both were excited. It was then I took the shot. The lady on the left was asked by the other lady, "When's it due?" She replied "They say the 4th. of August, but I feel it might come sooner."
I had to wait to see the shot as I don't process film, so a week later, having the roll put on CD I saw it for the firs

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Place de la Contrescarpe by *SUDOR
Since the age of five years, I made pictures with the camera of my father, then in the 60's with my own cameras. But in 1970, I really started to photograph in my suburban and especially in the streets of Paris. 1972 was photographically an important year for me. At that time, my camera was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, perhaps the finest ever built apparieil. I worked as a typographer in a small print of the Latin Quarter. Behind the Pantheon, there is a place, the Place de la Contrescarpe, very old and which was the meeting place of all the tramps. This is where this photo was taken. I do not like pictures of the misery, but there are situations wh

Street Photography @ 50mmThe use of 50mm in SP is almost a legacy.
Without going through the discussion of telezoom vs prime lens, let’s just keep in mind that street photography is all about narrative. To have narrative, to tell a story, you have to be near the main character(s) in order to put the viewer in the same place. And if you’re documenting a time and a place your images should look precisely like that.
Like if you were there.
And that’s why the photos you like from the “Master of Photography” look so real (leaving lots of aspects aside, of course): the focal length. The 35mm look more real, put you right there even if with some distortion, but 50mm is close enough too, and without disturbing the scenery and providing enough set for your characters.
Of course there’s always the discussion of the crop factor (Canon’s 1,6x sensor will turn a 50mm lens into a 80mm and Nikon and most brands 1,5x sensor into a 75mm, and so on...), but you’re documenting ou

Lewis Hine, The Spiderman PhotographerLewis Wickes Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1874. He became a teacher in New York City at the Ethical Culture School, where he encouraged his students to use photography as an educational médium.
In 1906, Hine became the staff photographer of the Russell Sage Foundation. Here Hine photographed life in the steel-making districts. In 1908, he became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), leaving his teaching position. Over the next decade, Hine documented child labor in American industry to aid the NCLC's lobbying efforts to end the practice.
During and after World War I, he photographed American Red Cross relief work in Europe. In the 1920s and early 1930s, Hine made a series of "work portraits," which emphasized the human contribution to modern industry. In 1930, Hine was commissioned to document the construction of The Empire State Building. Hine photographed the workers in precarious positions while they secured the iron and steel framework of th

Street Photography for dummies
What do we need to shoot a Street picture?
1. A camera
Whatever kind of a camera is good. Either it is a ridiculously expensive rangefinder or an unbelievably cheap point and shoot compact. Either it shoots digital or it shoots film. Either it weighs a ton or it weighs few grams. ANY camera is fine as long as you have it with you.
2. A public place
This can be out in the streets or at the beach or inside a hotel's lounge or in a diner place or inside a supermarket or a mall or a school or whatever PUBLIC place. This public place must be visible in our picture. And things must be happening in this public place.
3. People
Exactly, people! We need people in candid situations. Definition of "candid" from Merriam-Webster's online dictionary: "subjects acting naturally or spontaneously without being posed" Definition of "candid" from Wikipedia: Candid photography is best described as un-

Joe Wigfall - No ExcusesAs you know, I normally don't do (features) Journals.
The exception goes to those photographers that had some historical importance in the photography World, those that influence(d) me, those that I believe can move others like they moved me, humanitarian photographers, and that normally live in the "shadow" of the same old Features and references.
"Anytime you have people, and they are alive, you'll have something going on. There's always something going on in the streets."
Yes, today I bring you Joe Wigfall.
He shoots hundreds of photos during his lunch hour or walking to the train after work, in New York. And this is how he influences me: no excuses not to!
He was always drawn by the streets, first drawing, and then shooting. Started shooting informally as a teen with a Kodak Instamatic.
Has bachelors degree in Fine Arts from NYU, but the vast majority of his "photography training comes from "STIP", the Self-Taught Institute of Photography". 
I like his style because he is u

The Sc-Avenger: October 2012

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Jason Martini - TodayJason Martini is a photographer from Chicago, Illinois.  He took a photography class in high school, 1993, began to study photojournalism in college but quickly changed to another major… and put the film camera down in 1997.  But I always had in mind that wanted to live in a big city, like New York, and take gritty photos. Finally bought a Nikon D40 in 2008.
Always loved the light and shadows game, thinking about it like how he used to develop film and what worked.  Search for interesting characters and watch for scenes to unfold, from the beginning.
Shoot with a Nikon D40 and D300s and usually brings a 17-55mm 2.8f and a 50mm 1.4f or a 35mm 1.8f.
What he loves most is "the moments that happen so fast my finger hits the shutter before my brain tells me to.  It's like you can't believe your eyes and what's happening in front of them."
About shooting, he says "get close to people".
About editing he takes his time and look at my images over and over

The People Avenue: Featured Artist of Feb. '13

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The People Avenue presents you the Featured Artist of the month February 2013
:iconspotlightplz: Alphan YILMAZMADEN a.k.a. :iconarslanalp: :iconspotlightplz:
Choosen by our members through a poll (15 votes):
with this winning photo: :iconcongratsplz:
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INTERVIEW:
-Name:- Alphan YILMAZMADEN
-Age:- 51
-Residence:- Istanbul/Turkey
-Current profession: - Unemployed,Naval Architect
-Ever been in an art show/exhibition? - Yes some of my photos took part of exhibitions.
-Even been published before? - A few

Larry TowellAs you know, I normally don't do (features) Journals.
The exception goes to those photographers that had some historical importance in the photography World, those that influence(d) me, those that I believe can move others like they moved me, humanitarian photographers, and that normally live in the "shadow" of the same old Features and references.
Larry Towell is a Canadian photographer who joined Magnum Photos in 1988 and became a full Member in 1993.
From 2008 to 2011, Towell traveled to Afghanistan five times, documenting in both photographs and videos the various social issues that plague its citizens, from drug addiction and poverty to the prevalence of landmines, many of which still remain from the Soviet occupation of the country during the 1980s.
His work has included documentation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Mennonite migrant workers in Mexico, and a personal project on his family's farm in southern Ontario. He always works with traditional film, eschewing digital op

Pioneers Of Street Photography - IITo commemorate the 1st anniversary of #TheStreetFactor, we present to you
the second part of a series of journals dedicated to the great masters:
The Pioneers of Street Photography.
Vivian Maier
(February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009)
was an American street photographer born in New York City.
Although born in the U.S., it was in France that Maier spent most of her youth.
Maier returned to the U.S. in 1951 where she took up work as a nanny and care-giver for the rest of her life.
In her leisure however, Maier had begun to venture into the art of photography.
Consistently taking photos over the course of five decades, she would ultimately
leave over 100,000 negatives, most of them shot in Chicago and New York City.
Untitled, Undated
www.vivianmaier.com
Vivian would further indulge in her passionate devotion to
documenting the world around her through homemade films, recordings and collections,
assembling one

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Matt Stuart is a British street photographer - wow, check out his site:

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*amixl Aug 19, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Amazing !

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*DougNZ Aug 19, 2012

He is great, thanks

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~pariah87 Aug 18, 2012

interrresting

thanks for the tip Doug

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*DougNZ Aug 18, 2012

He's great, isn't he Rita?

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~pariah87 Aug 18, 2012

color, b&w... he's pretty, pretty, pretty good

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*lightdrafter Aug 10, 2012

this guy is awesome! One of the main figures in London festival of Photography. Other names were David Gibson, Jorgensen, Damian Chrobak, Martin Parr, Tomasz Lazar and many more... and of course me (I WISH

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*DougNZ Aug 10, 2012

Damn, I would have loved to see that festival! Maybe get your autograph too

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*lightdrafter Aug 11, 2012

In that case enter the competition next year. First price takes an exhibition and a trip to London and an autograph from 2nd place (me of course) ;D

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*JonnyGoodboy Aug 9, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

HQ streeter!

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