This Street Photography Blog Has Been Ranked #2 in the World
A small piece of news that means a lot to me.
I have just received an email from Anuj Agarwal, founder of FeedSpot, with some unexpected and very welcome news.
My blog has been selected as #2 in FeedSpot's 2026 ranking of the 45 Best Street Photography Blogs on the web.
Yes, number two. And honestly, I am very happy about it. Not because I have ever considered photography a competition, and certainly not because I believe that rankings can determine the value of a photographer or a body of work. But because my blog has always been an important part of what I do. Long before social media became the main place where photographers communicate, I was writing about photography, publishing photographs, sharing ideas, discussing technique, documenting my experiences and trying to understand what street photography means to me. The blog has evolved enormously over the years, just as my photography has. And yes, I received bad commentary because the English used (my third language) was not always good. And yet I used the English in order to reach more people around the world.
Today it is not simply a place where I publish photographs. It is a space where I write about street photography, human altered landscape. documentary photography, visual culture, photographic practice, my own projects, workshops, books, photographers I admire and the ideas behind making photographs.
And perhaps this is what makes this recognition particularly meaningful. FeedSpot describes its list as a selection of the most active, influential and valuable street photography blogs on the internet, ranking them according to factors including content relevance, subject expertise, posting frequency, freshness and credibility. My name appears at #2, immediately after StreetSnappers Blog and ahead of several names and publications that have been important references in the street photography community for many years. Among the blogs included in the list are Burn Magazine, Street Photography Magazine, Eric Kim's blog, Street Hunters, James Maher's blog, Valérie Jardin, Martin U Waltz, GMB Akash and many other photographers and publications. Being mentioned alongside these names is already something I appreciate.
But there is another reason why this matters to me.
I still believe in the blog
We live in a time when almost everything happens on social media. A photograph appears in a feed, receives a few seconds of attention, gets some likes and disappears. I have never completely accepted that model. Because I still like the idea of having a personal space on the internet where photographs can live together with words. Where an article can be long. Where an idea can develop. Where a photographer can explain why a photograph was made. Where you can go back and read something years later. Where there is not censorshp. Where there is not the algorhythm to make the writer life complicated. Because I am providing my content using my own platform.
That is what I have tried to build with my website and my Journal. And apparently, it is still worth doing. This recognition from FeedSpot is therefore not only a nice number. For me, it is also a little confirmation that independent photographic writing still has a place on the internet. I want to thank Anuj Agarwal and the FeedSpot team for including my work in their 2026 selection.
And, of course, thank you to everyone who has been reading my blog, following my photography, discussing my articles, attending my workshops or simply passing by from time to time. There is still a lot to write about. And, of course, a lot more photographs to make.
Read the full FeedSpot ranking
You can see the complete 45 Best Street Photography Blogs to Follow in 2026 list on FeedSpot, where Alex Coghe is currently ranked #2.
