ABSTRACT
The photographer will walk the streets mile after mile, day after day, chasing the light, looking for stories. Street photography doesn't require a street or even a city, but it requires people, or at least the idea of people. If the human element is not present in the frame, then there should still be an idea of humanity that shows through. The subject can be a still life photograph of a discarded shoe on the sidewalk, for example. It is often debated whether the street portrait, when the subject is aware that he or she is being photographed, is part of street photography. This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book introduces to the many different ways of approaching street photography. It talks about the creative process and my personal experience, from seeing to capturing the story in a frame.
