As street photography is believed
to be the most interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking photography but it is as well as difficult and challenging
too because as
Robert Capa said:
” the pictures are there, and you just take them”.
I agree pictures are there but managing the time and your knowledge about composing things, handling
people nearby and also tolerating the environment at the same time you have to
do all these things, it’s very hard to click at the perfect moment to capture
the unusual environment and making flawless shots or being spontaneous but when
you look at the walker Evans street
photography you just think for a while that wow! What a photographer he is yes,
his photography includes so many unusual things and it is unbelievable that his
photography includes
Technical perfections &
visual Education
As he was not in the favor of manipulating the
photographs he said in his interview:
“To me it should be strictly straight photography and look like it; not be painterly ever.”
As he did not have the Nikon
or Canon DSLR sort of camera at that time he had a Leica, a Rolleiflex, or an
8×10 camera and with this he had done tremendous and beautiful work that’s why it
is believed that without having a high equipment his works are technically
perfect with visual importance. His photographs are not only technically
perfect but they also have visual prominence which is very significance in
photography there are rare people having both things in their photography at
the same time.
Reality
His photography is sometimes
very brutal and cruel because it was real. As he do not like manipulating the
photographs that’s why he had photographed the reality.
Instinctive Compositions
In his photography, form and
composition both have equal importance and prefers to compose originally,
naturally rather than self-consciously. He says I don’t think about
consciously, instinctively.
Always Go Against the Style of the Time
He had started photography because he thinks that it is a
forbidden fruit and not getting as much importance at that time and then he had
started photography and according to his one interview he hated the
contemporary style and aesthetic of the time which resembled more “fine art”
than the rugged street life he would photograph.
Letter and Words
Letters and words are also the subject matter of his
photography except people. Words, letter, signage and billboards are the part
of everyday existence and without them the everyday life is incomplete. He had
also captured many urban landscapes because he was interested in reading,
writing and literature that had a huge influence in his photography – how he
was attracted to words as symbols and metaphors of life.
He turns his subjects into participants
Some portraits from his work shows that he sometimes ask
people to pose for him and in his interview he explains that he likes turning
people into participants in his photograpgh beside taking candid shots.
Walker evens is one of the most favorite photographer of mine. I like his compositions and understanding of light and the approach he styles an ordinary thing into a beautiful one.
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