The dimension of the humanist approach in street photography

Do you consider Gordon Parks a street photographer or not? This is a crucial point to give the right value to every type of street photography that we can conceive.

I see that too many times the drift of recent years in street photography has been to use people rather as pedestrians inside the frame but not with a real interest in caressing humanity with the photographic gaze.

But humanist observation makes the photographer's work different and of greater importance. To give you an idea of what I want to say, I created recently a playlist on my channel:

The street photographers I've included in this playlist show an attention to people, to detail, to that revealing gesture that make photos that include people a document of social observation. I would say that these photographers do not aim at the form but rather at the content, without creating easy superstructures due to the aesthetic choice. They do this as sensitive photographers and photographers who do not take pictures as a stylistic exercise.

As a photographer it is to that gaze and approach that I feel closest.

In the context of the humanist approach, the human being really takes on value within each photograph. And when you are really interested in the people you photograph, the photographic experience turns into a real human experience.

You are not interested in visual games and certain graphic gimmicks.

You know what is important. Gordon Parks would approve.