Photo by Stephen Jackson
Street Photography isn't always capturing what you "see," but capturing what's really there. It is easy for any Photographer to slap on a 70-200 and go out capturing everything that meets the eye; but lets not forget the objective of Photography, which is to visually represent a moment in time. If you see someone in a pair of flip flops sipping a cup of coffee from across the street at 6am, sure, you can capture that. But what story can you tell? What if you took the time to find out why someone in flip flops would be up that early? Maybe you will find that they are a college student getting free internet before an exam, or maybe he's a Surf Photographer waiting on a client? How will this change the way you photograph this person? How will this change what you see?
Stephen Jackson is a 24 year old Photographer out of Valdosta, GA. He very much embraces the art of communication when it comes to photographing others. This is Street Photography at it's best. Photography that not only shows what meets the eye, but goes a step deeper. More on Stephen's blog.
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