Thoughts on taking a streetphotography workshop
Plenty of streetphotographers are giving workshops. Does it make sense to participate in one? Here are some thoughts. Illustrated with some aggregated experiences from multiple workshops.
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Pandemic Aesthetic, a photo essay
I initially felt that the COVID-19 situation was already so omnipresent that it might be a bit obvious and superfluous to choose it as a theme. But at the same time I realised that the situation was and would continue to be too unique to NOT do anything with it. So when I did the street photography program of the Institute of Photography in Manchester I decided it might be a good topic for it
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The making of Urban Dystopia
And so Urban Dystopia was born. An attempt to reveal a growingly detached society. The project reflects the preposition that modern society is in a continuous state of detachment, and, as such, shows scenes of desolation and mirrors feelings of emptiness.
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Nightdrifters Series
Nightdrifters is my first attempt to break out of the habit of predominantly being an observer. It is an attempt to connect with my photographic subjects. Not in the most literal sense of getting acquainted or getting all conversational, but to step into their bubble. Either by getting physically closer or by metaphorically stepping into their mind, to capture them in moments of intimacy.
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Notes on streetphotography (part 2): routine
In my ‘Notes on streetphotography’ I’ll be sharing my thoughts on street photography. It’s a personal learning experience that I want to share, based on my own experience and from conversations with likeminded people. This second part is about ‘routine’.
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Inspiration: Michael Ackerman
As part of my inspirational series this time I write about Michael Ackerman. An Israeli-American photographer living in Berlin. Most definitely not a traditional street-photographer but moreover a photographer that uses the streets as his playing field to connect with strangers, and for that reason (amongst others) a true source of inspiration.
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Caged, a photo essay
I am fascinated by how humans try to tame nature, although obviously themselves a product of it. This has let me to investigate the way urban flora often looks as if 'caged'. This essay is work in progress and a pre-study for the upcoming series 'The Greenery'.
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Inspiration: Harry Gruyaert
The streetphotographers that inspired methe most so far are André Kertész for his brave experimentation with composition, Robert Frank for his poetic and captivating raw aesthetics, and more recently Matt Stuart for his playful humour and razorsharp eye for details. But if I had to pick one particular street photographer as my favourite it would be Harry Gruyaert.
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Street Photography: Analog or Digital?
With the resurgence of analog photography this topic seems to be quite alive again. Sometimes discussing this topic and being on one side, can make you feel like you are defending a religion. Shooting analog or digital in street photography. Here is what I think.
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Naturbeton, a photo essay
This photo essay is the kick-off for the new photographic collective natur:beton, a photographic exploration of life in urban decay. On a macroscale it adresses the complex relation that modern kind has with nature and how deeply both are actually entwined, even in urban space.
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Streetphotography workshop with Siegfried Hansen
I had the pleasure of joining one of Siegfried Hansen's workshops where he kindly elaborated on his way of working and on how he developed his own visual style.
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Notes on streetphotography (part 1): coincidence
In my ‘Notes on streetphotography’ I’ll be sharing my thoughts on street photography. It’s a personal learning experience that I want to share, based on my own experience and from conversations with likeminded people. This first part is about ‘coincidence’.
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Leica M10-D first impressions: a delicate beast
The Leica M10-D is a digital camera stripped to its bare-bones, even without a LCD, and is therefore positioned as a digital camera with an analog soul.
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Streetphotography workshop with Martin U Waltz
I had the pleasure of doing a street photography workshop with Martin U Waltz, one of the better know street photographers in Germany and a fellow-resident of my homecity Berlin.
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A day with Gewand, a photo essay
With upcoming german techno-act Gewand I did a session for their promotional presskit and their aspired first release on an international renowned techno-label.