There is a trend going across the popular video social media platform TikTok that shows photographers, calling themselves “street photographers” wandering the streets and asking people on the streets for a picture, resulting in taking their portraits on the street.
This is NOT street photography, I’m sure Henri Cartier-Bresson is turning in his grave when he hears these trendy photographers calling themselves street photographers when indeed they are portrait photographers taking images on the street.
It might sound the same, but I can assure you it really isn’t and someone needs to tell them the basis of the trend is flawed!
While TikTok user iamjeanblack seems like a friendly fellow and was very polite and did take some nice images of the man he stopped, this is not pure street photography capturing candid moments on the street of unexpecting people.
This is all intent and purpose, it’s a photo shoot or a portrait session in a park… NOT street photography. But it doesn’t stop there, hundred of TikTok users are now calling themselves Street Photographers and using the basis of this trend to take photos out in public.
While I love the idea of more people picking up a camera and getting into photography, I’d like them to understand street photography first and then decide that while it’s not street photography, they are taking great portraits and are therefore portrait photographers.
Again, amazing photos from ryukstyles, and having the portable printer with him is a nice touch…. But it’s not street photography, where are the dramatic scenes, candid moments within a slit-second of life – this just isn’t street photography.
While I sound like a boring old fart going on about how this isn’t that and why are they calling it this, in anything, there is a process, a process of learning, striving to be the best in your field and this trend just feels like a gimmick, a gimmick and a punch in the gut to the great street photographer that have been and gone, and to the great that have worked their craft for years.
I am sure this trend will continue, because who wouldn’t follow the crowd to get views, but I just think it is very weird and really does not sit well with me that people and photographers think this is street photography – for the fiftieth time – It’s NOT street photography.
ALAMEDA, CA — Jeff Cambra caught this photo of a spirited basketball game during the golden hour at Upper Washington Park. The weather forecast for the weekend is fabulous — get out and enjoy it! And send your photos to Patch.
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When photographer Chris Jordan first stepped onto Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in September 2009 to document “overwhelming” levels of ocean waste, little did he know that his striking image of a dead albatross chick would go viral and change the world’s response to the plastics crisis.
After taking some shots of waste piled high, Jordan was looking for a more personal way to highlight the scale of overconsumption. After hearing about an island 1,300 miles (2,100 km) northwest of Honolulu covered in thousands of dead birds, all with their stomachs full of everyday plastic items like bottle tops and toothbrushes, “I immediately felt this magnetic pull to go,” he says. He was determined to “find a way to photograph [these birds] that honoured the depth of this environmental tragedy”.
Jordan was not the first photographer to capture the impact of the plastics crisis on Midway’s albatross population. The first known photo was taken by US researchers in 1966 and published in 1969, says Wayne Sentman, a biologist and board president of the Friends of Midway Atoll organisation. Plastic ingestion is likely to cause “poor outcomes” for albatross chicks because fragments can puncture the gut wall or cause dehydration, and heavy metals and other chemicals can leach off in concentrations which may be lethal to the birds, says Sentman.
While Jordan knew of previous photos taken on Midway, he attempted to bring a more emotional dimension to his images. He likens composing photographs of these dead birds to “a grief ritual”.
“When we arrange sacred objects on an altar, there’s a way that we naturally do it, with a symmetry and balance and we might spend a lot of time doing it until it all holds together,” says Jordan. He chose to use a diffuser – a white material stretched across a frame that disperses bright light – to create a softer glow “that contributes to a feeling of a photograph that goes a little deeper”.
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When Jordan returned to Seattle, he thought he’d completed this project. “I said goodbye to the island and went home, then processed the images and put them out there.” He had no expectation that his images would go viral, long before the era of social media. But his photos quickly began appearing in magazines and newspapers all over the world. “It sort of appeared everywhere all at once,” he recalls. Tens of thousands of emails poured into his inbox, and he had to employ a full-time assistant just to answer them all. “So many people were writing a trauma response,” says Jordan. “People wanted to go to Midway and save the albatrosses, but the plastic is not coming from this island. It’s a systemic problem.”
CARLSBAD, CA — Patch reader Ray E. Liles captured this photo of “helicopters escorting the sunset” at South Carlsbad State Beach.
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The West Ward Community Initiative has displayed the photos on the chain link fence surrounding Cottingham Stadium on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. 12 young artists created 14 images in a 3 week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center.
Jesus Mendez, Mario Payano, Angel Sanchez and Anthony de Jesus point to one of the photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)The artists stand in front of one of the photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Lisa Campbell, Associate Director of the Easton Area Community Center, introduces the artists during the debut of a series of photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Tanya Ruiz, Manager of West Ward Community, and Ghen Dennis talk about the photography workshop during the debut of a series of photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Amiya Cooper dances in front of one of the photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Anthony de Jesus, left, and Mario Payano walk past one of the photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Ghen Dennis takes a video of Italia Assee during the debut of a series of photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Mayor Sal Panto Jr. talks to the artists during the debut of a series of photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Anthony de Jesus reads a children’s photography book during the debut of a series of photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)Mayor Sal Panto Jr. shakes the hands of the artists during the debut of a series of photos displayed by the West Ward Community Initiative on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on 12th Street in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)The West Ward Community Initiative displays photos on the chain link fence surrounding Cottingham Stadium on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Easton. Twelve young artists created 14 images in a three-week photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. The “Inside Outside World” series of images contain themes of nature, reflection and inside/outside framing. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)
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Journalist Elizabeth Vargas seemed quite unhappy with a photo that appeared behind her during a live interview on Sherri Shepherd’s talk show, Sherri.
During a discussion on Thursday’s broadcast about Vargas’ new series, NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports, Shepherd’s team flashed a promotional image from the project on a giant screen framing both women, prompting Vargas to request its removal.
“I look like I just woke up. Can we please get that shot off?” the former 20/20 anchor asked. “Yeah, I hate that shot. They got me out of bed and put a dress on me and said, ‘Fold your arms.'”
Shepherd attempted to calm her by praising the photo.
“When I looked at that, I was like, ‘You look formidable,'” Shepherd told her guest as the shot disappeared from the screen. “You look like, ‘I’m about to tell you what’s going on and I’m formidable.'”
Elsewhere in the interview, Vargas and Shepherd — who previously cohosted ABC’s The View — shared fond memories of late news icon Barbara Walters, who had an impact on their careers.
“You know, and I know, because we both worked with her, Barbara Walters was formidable,” Vargas said. “She was a force of nature, and just getting to work alongside her for all the years I did, and to watch somebody at the very peak and pinnacle of success in our business work as hard as she did on every interview, it just taught me so much. She was a tough critic. She’d pick up the phone and call me and yell at me — like, ‘Why did you do that story?’ She was tough. That was Barbara.”
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NAPA, CA — Patch reader Rhoda Stewart shared this lovely photo of a sunset over Napa on Dec. 1, 2022.
Rhoda said she used her Blackberry Key2 phone camera to take the picture.
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RAMONA, CA — Patch reader and local photographer Catherine Werth captured this photo of a house finch on her property in Ramona.
“House finch on a distant relative?” she joked.
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FOND DU LAC – Fond du Lac’s art world is continuing to expand this summer.
The Gallery, 74 S. Main St. Suite 302, will mark its grand opening June 16 with nature photography exhibit “Yellowstone,” captured by owners T.J. and Crystal Schoenborn.
Perched above Hang 10 Poke, Lunar & Lake Book Market and other businesses, The Gallery will provide a space to not only display the Schoenborn’s work, but showcase local artists and host private or community gatherings.
While T.J. Schoenborn grew up taking photos with film cameras, the Schoenborns started photography after their son took an interest in a digital camera he’d gotten from his grandpa, and it turned into something the two of them could do together.
“T.J.’s always had a very creative personality, creative mind, so photography naturally is very creative,” Crystal Schoenborn said. “I’m a little more structured, not as creative, but he started getting into nature photography, and I love nature and being outside.”
Before starting nature photography, and before the pandemic, they shot street photography in large cities like Chicago and New York, but during the pandemic, they took a trip west to Yellowstone and started photographing landscapes and wildlife.
“That’s really when it started to snowball for us,” T.J. Schoenborn said. “We took it seriously then.”
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Now, they live in Montana part time and have a slate of photos of grizzly bears, elk, eagles, mountains and more to display in Fond du Lac.
One of the biggest questions they get from their work is how close they are to the wildlife they photograph, and while digital photography has its tricks for a good shot, T.J. Schoenborn said he’s gotten mere feet away from moose before.
To get many of their photos, especially of the more dangerous animals, they spend hours sitting 100 to 150 yards away until the animal is used to their presence and won’t feel threatened when they do finally inch closer.
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Crystal Schoenborn added that a lot of times an animal will approach them first as they wait, and once a grizzly bear came out of the woods just 10 feet away from where they’d been sitting.
“That was probably the most frightened I’d ever been, and the most exhilarated,” T.J. Schoenborn said. “It was just a combination of all these (feelings).”
The Gallery itself started to come together while they were still in Montana, using FaceTime with one of their employees to look at spaces, and the potential of the space they chose — including the view of downtown from the third floor — prompted them to make an offer on the spot.
They wanted a space for their photos, but also one that allows them to work with other photographers, businesses and artists to showcase their works for a week and sell it, or even just get it out there.
“Sometimes it’s not even about selling it, but about people seeing your work and saying ‘Hey, that’s really cool,'” T.J. Schoenborn said.
The Gallery is also working with Gallery & Frame Shop, Indigo Gallery, Trista Holz Studios and Argentum et Aurum to form a small art district within downtown.
The space can also be used for events like baby or bridal showers, wedding gift openings and more, and the Schoenborns want to implement community gatherings like board game nights.
Additionally, it houses the other side of the Schoenborn’s business, The Studio, whose services include senior portraits, engagement photography, boudoir photography and, starting next year, Crystal Schoenborn’s newborn photography.
Their goal with The Studio is to make their photography services affordable and accessible, because while the cost of a photoshoot is fair to the amount of work and hours photographers put into them, many families can’t afford to get quality pictures done.
The Schoenborns own other businesses in Fond du Lac, including LuZa CBD Wellness Center and Victoria’s Pet Nutrition, so they’re not in this business to get rich, T.J. Schoenborn said.
“We want to be able to impact people’s lives in certain ways, whether it’s having an event up here or taking their picture or whatever it might be,” he said.
The Gallery’s June 16 opening aligns with the Downtown Fond du Lac Summer Wine Walk, but all are welcome whether they are participating in the walk or not.
The doors will open at 3 p.m. on the first day, and The Gallery will also be open 3-8 p.m. that Saturday. After that, hours will vary, but the business will soon have a website set up that includes a calendar.
For more information and updates, visit The Gallery’s Facebook page.
