The History Of Street Photography There are very few books written on the history of street photography. However, the best book that I know: “Bystander: A History of Photography” is superb. The book was co-authored by photography curator and historian Colin Westerbeck and the legendary street photographer Joel Meyerowitz. The two collaborated for many years …

Robert Frank’s “The Americans”: Timeless Lessons Street Photographers Can Learn “The Americans” by Robert Frank is one of the most influential photo books published of all-time. It has inspired countless numbers of photographers across all genres, especially appealing to documentary and street photographers. I know the book has had a profound impact on my photography …

10 Things Henri Cartier-Bresson Can Teach You About Street Photography Don’t forget to order the new re-print of “The Decisive Moment” by Henri Cartier-Bresson! I have been doing quite a bit of research into Henri Cartier-Bresson, the godfather of street photography. Although my current approach in street photography is more like Bruce Gilden and less of …

7 Lessons Josef Koudelka Has Taught Me About Photography and Life Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos: PORTUGAL. 1976. Josef Koudelka is one of my favorite photographers of all-time. I love how he has been able to craft his life around photographing only what he wanted to photograph, how he is able to capture emotional and empathetic …

  100 Photography Tips for Beginners Downtown LA, 2015 Dear friend, If you’re new to photography, it can be quite daunting. There is so much information on the internet about photography, but a lot of “mis-information” as well. If I started photography all over again, this is the advice I would give myself.   Through …

Learn From the Masters of Photography MASTERS First Edition Book MASTERS Volume I is your essential photography primer– to push your photography education to the next level. “He without a past has no future.” Start here: Why Study the Masters of Photography? Great Female Master Photographers Cheat Sheet of the Masters of Photography 100 Lessons From …

6 Lessons Eugene Atget Has Taught Me About Street Photography Eugene Atget has always been sort of an enigma to me. When I started to delve into the history of street photography, a lot of people credited him to being one of the “fathers of street photography.” But when I first looked at his work, I …

6 Lessons Dorothea Lange Has Taught Me About Street Photography I recently got a new book in the mail: “Dorothea Lange: Aperture Masters of Photography” (courtesy of Aperture) and was deeply inspired and moved by her work, life, and philosophy. I have always known Dorothea Lange’s work documenting the Great Depression (and her famous “Migrant …

11 Lessons Diane Arbus Can Teach You About Street Photography (All photographs copyrighted by the Estate of Diane Arbus) Diane Arbus is a photographer that has a very profound impact on me. When I first saw her photograph of the “grenade kid” — it hit me in the chest and has burned itself in my mind …