08 04 24

The photos gives credibility

For a photographer, of course photos matter. And today more than ever, since we produce (and share) many more of them, consistency and a higher percentage of realization are needed.

A street photographer is more exposed to error than someone who only takes out his camera for studio work or when engaged in a project. But he has greater training consistency on his side. Not only consistency but also the ability to propose new, unseen stuff. A man sweeping outside a store is a useless photograph. And there is plenty of useless stuff in street photography. The difficulty is precisely this: being able to say something new and important and this concerns both the formal point of view and the purely content one. It is not easy, but I do not think anyone has ever said that street photography is easy.

This is also the reason we the street photographers are hated by many photographers making other things: they tried,believe me, they tried. And they failed. Do you know why? To be a street photographer you have to change as person. To be a street photographer means to have a completely different approach and mindset. And when you are a photographer thinking to the pretty picture, thinking to being in the comfortable zone, thinking to be perfect before to shoot…that is where you fail…better…they fail.