The Street Photographer Agenda Episode 23

Or the portion of reality

Notes

In these times of immediate consumption, of people who change in their essence, of those who have no real passion but rather assume poses and wear masks. Well over a decade I'm still here. Doing my street photography. Few can or want to say it. The period of fame for many street photographers lasts five years. Victory in a competition, consequent visibility, a project that transports them during that period and then... then nothing, for many, for too many. I resist. And I keep to exists as a street photographer. With pride and with never tame passion. With a blog from 2011 to today, with changes, with several jolts not least that of 2021 in which I had to start over is always followed and appreciated by many photographers around the world. Proposing thought provoking content, with no filters, always telling the truth, which can also be brutal at times.

And this attitude also affects my photographic approach. I might be interested in proposing a more thoughtful, more conceptual street photography, the one that the majority like and do. Instead, for many years, I've been interested in those fragments of reality that reach me and that I photograph quickly, without building anything. Without staging. A necessity derived from the nature of the city where I live. A portion of reality in every shot. And never mind if the result is a limping composition, with problems of a different nature, where the frame isn't absolutely perfect.

If you allow, history, my history as a photographer proves me right. A photographer evaluates himself through his progress over time. The proposal generated and his activity supports his dimension. I am here and many photographers have disappeared. This is because I'm still that photographer of 2011 between Los Angeles and Reality Remade, but now much better, thanks to many years of experience, between greater artistic maturity and technical awareness.

This city has contributed significantly to reaching the level I have today. In my photography you will find things that other street photographers generally avoid. I'm not interested in reassuring anyone who looks at my photography. My street photography drinks at the source of reality. And it's always on the edge of failure. Nothing is prepared. I shoot immediately what I see.

My way of moving is absolutely dominated by not being afraid: I'm not afraid to make a mistake. I'm not afraid of the risks derived from shooting certain scenes. I'm not afraid to go to difficult if not completely dangerous places. I'm not afraid to share many, perhaps too many, photos. I am not afraid of what other photographers may think.

I have an idea why, although I count with admirers, many street photographers are not in tune with me: they are used to seeing an excessively meditated and constructed type of photography. Coming across something far more instinctive and often focused with more ephemeral moments they pass on. I am not interested. I'm not looking for extraordinary moments. For me that portion of reality is much more important.

And now we can go to the gallery of images selected this week: