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Street Photography Magazine

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Street Photography MagazineCultureMark Seymour: Stories are Everything Watch on YouTube Mark Seymour has been taking photographs for almost as long as he can remember. In fact, one of his earliest photographic memories involves a Box Brownie camera, his younger brother…

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Street Photography MagazineCultureMark J. Davidson: The Joy of Making Photographs (Even When They Don’t Work Out) Watch on YouTube One of the things I appreciate most about interviewing photographers is getting to hear what motivates them to keep going. Everyone has their own reasons for picking up a camera.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureThe Long Game: Ryan Faer on Learning Street Photography Watch on YouTube Ryan Faer spends his working days studying human performance. As a sports scientist for the Cleveland Guardians, he helps athletes develop, improve and reach their potential.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureNathaniel Paolinelli: Lowriders, Zines & the Places Photography Takes You Watch on YouTube Photographer Nathaniel Paolinelli has a knack for ending up in interesting places. He’s photographed lowrider culture in his hometown of Albuquerque and halfway around the world in…

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Street Photography MagazineCultureAndrew Baer on Discovering His Father’s Lost Photo Archive Watch on YouTube Recently, we shared the remarkable work of John Baer in the feature article, John Baer: What We Leave Behind .

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Street Photography MagazineCulturePhotographing Resistance: Wayne Campbell and Wayne Crichlow on Carnival of Resistance Watch on YouTube This weekend, the streets of West London will once again fill with music, dancing, costumes and millions of people as Notting Hill Carnival celebrates its 60th anniversary.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureJohn Rosenmiller on Cuba, Self-Editing and Becoming a Better Photographer Watch on YouTube John Rosenmiller has done a lot of things in his life. He worked in feature films and corporate finance, built and renovated houses, and got involved in the stock market.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureJames Choi: What Street Photographers Can Learn from an Independent Filmmaker Watch on YouTube A few months ago, a new subscriber wrote in to ask if we had any stories or photography from South Korea, and we realized we had surprisingly little in our archives.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureKantaya New on Balancing Street & Conceptual Photography Watch on YouTube This month’s podcast guest might surprise you. Most street photographers thrive on unpredictability.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureSandra Cattaneo Adorno: You Have More Potential Than You Think Watch on YouTube When Sandra Catanio Adorno picked up a camera for the first time, she was 60 years old. She had no photography background, no formal training, and no camera.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureThe Making of a Photo Book Course Watch on YouTube When we released Where the Streets Lead , we finally had a chance to step back and appreciate what we’d accomplished. We also realized just how much we had learned the hard way.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureThree Cities, Three Perspectives, One Creative Collaboration What happens when three street photographers from three different countries meet at a workshop and decide to keep creating together?

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Street Photography MagazineCultureWhy Photography Festivals Matter When I became publisher of Street Photography Magazine earlier this year, one of my goals was simple: get out from behind the computer and spend more time with the photography community in person.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureStories Beyond the Headlines with Nagamitsu Endo What does it mean to document people with care? In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine podcast, Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo sit down with documentary filmmaker and photographer…

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Street Photography MagazineCultureMichael O. Snyder: Why This? Why Now? Why You? Michael O. Snyder is a documentary photographer, educator, and longtime contributor to major outlets like National Geographic.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureKai Diaz: Wired to Document Listening to Bethany Jacobson talk about NYC in the 80s in our last episode was absolutely fascinating, but it was an unfamiliar world for me.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureInside the 1980s NYC Art Scene with Bethany Jacobson In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine podcast, Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo sit down with photographer, filmmaker, and educator Bethany Eden Jacobson for a conversation that was part…

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Street Photography MagazineCultureThe Raw Society’s Jorge Delgado-Ureña on Why Intention Matters Several months ago, after an editorial meeting with Bob, which was packed with beautiful and meaningful projects, I admitted that I often feel like I don’t know what I want to say with my camera.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureDoug Bruns on Dry Spells, Discipline, and the Long Game In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine podcast, Bob and I had the chance to sit down with photographer Doug Bruns.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureBeautifully Ordinary Street Stories with Carmina Ripolles Street photography often begins with curiosity. For Carmina Ripolles, it also began with a moment in life when creativity became a necessity.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureCollecting Moments with Michael Eugster In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine podcast, Bob Patterson sits down with Swiss photographer Michael Eugster.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureImprovisation in Street Photography with Xiomaro In this episode, Bob and I had the chance to talk with photographer Xiomaro about a creative path that definitely didn’t start with photography.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureA New Chapter for Street Photography Magazine In the latest episode of the Street Photography Magazine Podcast , Bob Patterson shares an important update about the future of the magazine, and about his own next chapter.

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Street Photography MagazineCultureSpontaneity and Story with Street Photographer James Hazelwood James Hazelwood is a Rhode Island-based photographer who recently embraced retirement as an opportunity to pursue photography full-time.

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