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"I look at our ordinary world every day, so adding another dimension is much more interesting.”

Mads Perch projects coloured patterns onto her fish. She has a simple pose and background put has a vibrant pattern which makes the picture more interesting. He relates to my project as I want to use the same creative technique as him by using a projector. I’m going to create a piece which projects one image on to still life subjects, I’m going to use a dull background and bright coloured images. I’m hoping it creates the same effect as Mads Perch, making the projection stand out the most compared to the background.

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John Anderson is a Photographer ive found looking in to my topic about fish and documentary photography. His work focus throughout a match of a game with the littlest details capturing his thought and realise is finger to capture the raw passionate moments. The work is something im drive to achieve within my work to show the passion and emotional battles both fans and players feel throughout 90mins. Many feel this emotions yet the vast range of them are rarely capture due everyone's focus is on the game which is behind me. This should given me a untapped potential on the varies angles and faces i could taken with the 90mins of each game. Not only after the final whistle is blown the emotions are still scared on the faces of everyone. This is the type of photography i am to create with the personal connection i have with the game and with the fans connection to the wonderful game.

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As a kid growing up in rural England, all I did was play football every waking moment for every team possible, all the while dreaming of one day being a professional. When I got to the age of around sixteen or seventeen I had trials for a couple of professional clubs that didn't work out. The dream fell away, and with it my love of football, until several years later when I discovered adult Sunday League. All of sudden football was back to being playground football: hanging out with mates, having a laugh, and if you won, great, if you didn't, who cared?! One player told me, "My wife doesn't get it, this is my social life, this is where I come to hang out with my mates!"

Amongst those mates there's always the guy turning up late, smoking a fag and stinking of booze; there's the flamboyant striker who refuses to pass and still shoots a mile wide (me); the guy who loses his temper at the drop of a hat; the stoic defender; the guy who's so unfit he either gets substituted before half time or gets ten minutes at the end of the game, and then there's the poor referee who would have a hard time controlling his dog let alone twenty-two amateur players kicking lumps out of each other. It was an obvious fit for my new project.

I'd wake up on Sunday morning, see the weather and know the type of shots I'd get. If it was raining, the teams would be light on players turning up, there would be horrible tackles flying around and some great portraits to be taken at the end of the games. If it was sunny, the fags and spliffs would be out and the sidelines would look like a hangover recovery clinic with players lying around looking like they'd barely be able to get up off the floor, let alone run around a pitch for forty-five minutes.

Hackney Marshes has a wonderfully rich footballing history. In 1947, with the recent backdrop of the war, the Hackney and Leyton Sunday league was formed, the pitches being built on the foundations of rubble created by the Blitz. Within ten years, football on the marshes was so popular it had become London's biggest sporting ground. Up to 2000 players would turn up on a Sunday morning, needing to book one of the 108 pitches up to ten months in advance. Hackney Marshes had begun it's ascendancy into footballing history.

But that's the history, not why I came to know it. For me, it was the mythical football place that I'd heard stories of, and not necessarily positive ones! Stories of regular fights and all kinds of broken bones caused by the terrible state of the pitches reached me. Adverts from huge sports companies occasionally aired on TV, featuring pitches as far as the eye could see. Ian Wright had played there, and then David Beckham, and no doubt countless other people on their way to professional status. And no matter where you lived in the country, if you played Sunday football, you'd heard of the marshes, so where better to shoot a project on amateur football?

Sunday Football is my love letter to the game that consumed me for so many years. A visual interpretation of the beloved game at amateur level. An ode to those players that turn up late, hungover and discussing last night's conquest. Those who light a cigarette at half time whilst sucking an orange quarter for the supposed energy it gives you. Those that repeatedly call the referee, their team mates and the opposing team a 'cunt'. Those that get lost in the emotion of the game and start the occasional brawl on the pitch, and those that round off the weekend with a quick pint of beer with their teammates post-game before heading back to the missus and kids for a roast dinner... British Sunday league football at it's best, every week of the season come rain or shine, at Hackney Marshes, the spiritual home of amateur football.

Chris Baker, East London, 2016

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Sunday Football - Introduction from the book 'Sunday Football' released by Hoxton Mini Press As a kid growing up in rural England, all I did was play football every waking moment for every team possible, all the while dreaming of one day being a professional.

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Looking at the way Bremner has photographed his subjects, I liked the way he has incorporated the environment as a backdrop, however it isn't distracting us from the subject. This way we are able to locate where the images have been shot, adding to the narrative of the images, as appose to the backgrounds being blurred out.

Incorporating a small section of the backdrop is something I want to incorporate into my photography as it allows the viewer to locate where it has been shot whilst it clear what the main focus is (the people.) This also adds to the storyline as an element of detail (this being the location) which gives the viewer more context as to what the story/meaning behind the images are.

I am also a big fan of the way that Bremner has used his subjects natural expressions/poses as appose to staging them. This gives off a documentary style feel to these fish images which I feel works very well with this project.

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Street photography captures the beauty of the everyday. There's a special improvisatory skill that street photographers need. It's a way of seeing the world.

One way to improve your street photography is by looking back at the best. So let's look at the masters of street photography, their stories, and the stories they photographed.

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20 Most Famous Street Photographers

These names may sound familiar to you if you know some photographic history. Many worked in the mid-to-late 20th century. And we have a lot to learn from them.

With much difficulty, we've limited our list of famous street photographers to 20.

1. Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) photographed in America during the Great Depression. Her image of a migrant mother in Nipomo, California, became the iconic image of the era.

Lange traveled the country and later the world. She photographed poor rural farmers and unemployed working classes. Her goal was to shine a light on instances of social injustice.

She brought empathy to her images, capturing a softness and compassion. See an overview of Lange's work in the photo book Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits.

2. Jill Freedman

Jill Freedman's (1939-2019) work hovers between street photography and photojournalism. Her subjects included marginalized populations and public servants.

She photographed issues of social justice and political protests. And Freedman immersed herself in her subjects.

She joined the circus for two years, rode along with the New York City police, and lived with firefighters. Close relationships with subjects let her make personal, behind-the-scenes images.

Her work was often under-appreciated. Yet she still is one of the most important street photographers.

Each Freedman's book features images of a different project. Jill Freedman: Resurrection City, 1968 gives you a look into one of these projects.

3. Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander (born 1934) captures the social landscape of cities. He photographs both the people on the streets and their urban environment.

His subjects include storefronts, urban frames, and signage. These are the human artifacts of the modern world.

Friedlander photographed a series of self-portraits beginning in the 1960s. He often captured himself in a reflection or his shadow in an image. The photographer became a participant in the scene.

His black-and-white images capture a "snapshot aesthetic." It's a quick, immediate documentation of a scene. The book Lee Friedlander is an introduction to the man and his images.

4. Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt (1913-2009) captured a poetic view of mid-20th century New York City. She photographed women, children, and community street life.

In her later career, she worked in color and black and white. Her color images of the 1960s paved the way for other street photographers.

Unfortunately, many of her color transparencies and prints from this period were stolen.

Her images of the city are warm and approachable. They show a side of urban life full of community. Her pictures are vignettes of domestic life.

The book Here and There is a collection of Levitt's favorite images over seven decades of shooting.

5. Bruce Gilden

Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is a controversial figure among urban photographers. He isn't just a candid photographer-he's a confrontational one.

Gilden doesn't photograph people on the streets of New York as he finds them. He confronts his subjects. He jumps into their personal space with a wide-angle lens and a high-powered flash.

This elicits a strong reaction, often one of surprise, sometimes anger. So his portraits show an unfiltered, raw emotion. And Gilden's methods are often debated in the world of street photography.

His method may be unorthodox. But the images he gets are unique. His photos show an immediate and direct intimacy with his subjects.

The book Facing New York will give you a glimpse into Gilden's style.

6. William Klein

William Klein (born 1928) is an American-born, French-based street and fashion photographer. He often mixes the genres by photographing high fashion models on the streets.

Klein shoots with a wide-angle lens in a quick and energetic style. His urban photography shows motion blur and grain. His is a world off-center.

He approaches street photography as an anthropologist. He captures the immediate culture of the urban lifestyle.

He returned to his native New York after living in Paris. He photographed the rugged streets of the mid-1950s showing a harsh reality.

The project culminated in the influential book Life is Good & Good for You in New York. Klein's Photofile is another book well worth checking out of you like his work. And you can follow William Klein on Instagram.

7. Daidō Moriyama

Daido Moriyama (1938) is a Tokyo-based Japanese street photographer. His street photography focuses on the conflict between traditional culture and the modern world.

His style favors high-contrast, grainy images. His photos are often harsh and blurred. This gives them an abstract quality. The tilted horizons and fragmentary compositions highlight urban angst.

It's difficult to recommend just one book by Moriyama. There are hundreds. Daido Moriyama: The World Through My Eyes is a curated collection and overview of his work.

8. Eugène Atget

Eugène Atget (1857-1927) was possibly the first street photographer. Atget photographed the streets of Paris at the turn of the 20th century. He worked at a time when photography was rising in popularity.

His photos were still-life photos of the street. Often, the people behind the images were implied. Many of his photos are architectural with context.

Atget's work is not technically street photography. But he is cited by many later street photographers as a major influence.

Championed by American photographer Berenice Abbott, his work became part of the mainstream. His work influenced the street photographers of the next generation.

The book Paris Changing: Revisiting Eugene Atget's Paris is a glimpse into Atget's photography.

9. Diane Arbus

New York-based photographer Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is known for her street portraits. She focused on questions of identity and people living on the fringes of society.

She photographed people she saw as creating their own identities, like performers, twins, and transgender individuals. And she photographed subjects that were, until that time, forbidden.

Some view Arbus' images as compassionate portrayals of individuals. Others see them as bizarre and disturbing. She sought intense clarity in her pictures, showing the details of a secret life.

Her estate carefully guarded her work for many years. But there are now many biographies. Diane Arbus: Photographer is an excellent place to start.

10. Walker Evans

Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a street photographer and photojournalist working in America. He captured his most famous work in the American South during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

He photographed rural life and small towns. He captured both the poverty and the humanity of his subjects. His photos document the American culture of the time.

Later, Evans would document unguarded moments on the New York subway.

In collaboration with writer James Agee, Evans created the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. This classic book documented farm life in Alabama and contains some of Evans' best work.

11. Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt (1928) is an American street photographer. He captured life on the streets of New York and around the world during the mid-to-late 20th century.

He is famous for ironic and humorous street photos. He was a master at finding candid moments that speak to us emotionally.

Erwitt also photographed dogs. He devoted five books to dog photography. He also created iconic images of famous people, including Che Guevara, shown in the book Cuba.

An excellent introduction to his work is Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best.

12. Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Brassaï (1899-1984) was born as Gyula Halász. During the 1920s and 1930s, he photographed the nightlife of Paris. His photos depicted the seedier side of the city.

His subjects included prostitutes, transgender individuals, and the criminal underworld. He found stories on gritty streets and in Paris' high society.

He perfected the demanding technique of photographing life at night. The resulting images were moody and expressionistic.

Brassaï's first book was Paris by Night. He compiled it in 1933. And it remains one of the best introductions to his work.

13. Robert Frank

Swiss street photographer Robert Frank (1924-2019) is best known for his book The Americans.

As an immigrant to the United States, Frank explored the back roads of his new country. He quickly became disillusioned by the commercialism and prejudice he encountered.

His photos of 1950s America later came to define the era. But they were initially dismissed as being too far removed from the mainstream.

His photos were blurry, grainy, and dark. They contrasted those valued during the period.

His look is referred to as "the snapshot aesthetic." This personal, spontaneous look influenced later street photographers.

14. Garry Winogrand

Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) worked primarily in New York during the 1960s. He was both a street photographer and a photojournalist.

He is known for his photos of crowded public places, including zoos and airports. And his photos are filled with complex social interactions.

Winogrand's photos capture the anxiety of the times. His pictures show politics, society, and media colliding, particularly in the 1960s.

Ironically, Winogrand hated the term "street photography." He enjoyed the process of taking the photo above the final product. He left almost 2,500 rolls of film undeveloped when he died.

Winogrand is the subject of an award-winning documentary, Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable.

The Man in the Crowd: The Uneasy Streets of Garry Winogrand is an excellent book introducing his work. You can also check out the excellent collection The Street Photography of Garry Winogrand.

15. André Kertész

André Kertész (1894-1985) inspired both street photographers and photojournalists. His work spans from the 1920s through the 1960s.

He photographed the streets of Paris and New York. He explored unique camera angles and distortion.

Though he influenced many 20th-century photographers, including Cartier-Bresson, Kertész felt underappreciated. His work was at the forefront of photography as an art form.

Critics of the time struggled to place photography alongside other forms of visual art. But they struggled with Kertész's photography specifically.

Kertész's work is collected into several books. One of the best books, to begin with, is perhaps André Kertész: His Life and Work.

16. Fan Ho

Fan Ho (1931-2016) documented the Hong Kong street scene in the 1950s and 1960s.

The city at the time was a very different place from what it became later in the century. He photographed the everyday life of children and workers in the city's side streets.

His photos are masterpieces of light and shadows, shapes and action. This led some to call him the "Cartier-Bresson of the East."

Ho was a celebrated photographer, actor, and filmmaker during his lifetime. Books of Fan Ho's works are difficult to come by but keep your eyes out for Portrait of Hong Kong.

17. Vivian Maier

Unknown during her lifetime, Vivian Maier (1926-2009) is now one of the most famous street photographers. Her discovery is shown in the Academy Award-nominated film Finding Vivian Maier.

Collector John Maloof discovered hundreds of thousands of her negatives at an auction. He championed her photography, showing it to the world. He wrote Vivan Maier: A Photographer Found.

Maier captured moments of street life, mostly in Chicago, during the 1950s and 1960s. Her photos have a sense of gentleness and sometimes whimsy.

Her subjects were diverse. She photographed children, the working class, and the wealthy on the street. She shot anything that caught her eye.

Her photos included herself. There are many self-portraits in her collection, captured in reflections.

Maier's story, an unrecognized artist in our midsts, captured the world's interest. But her story has also brought up copyright issues and the ethics of publishing photos not shared by the artist.

Her photos are in many books, including Vivian Maier: Street Photographer.

18. Robert Doisneau

Many images by Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) of mid-century Paris streets are icons. For an introduction to Doisneau's work, see the book Robert Doisneau (Icons).

One of his most famous images, Le Baiser de l'hôtel de Ville, also known as The Kiss, encapsulates French romance.

A shy man, Doisneau first began capturing details of the street itself. Then he photographed children before moving on to adult subjects.

His photography was about capturing candid moments on the street. He favored the odd moments in life-funny juxtapositions or romantic ones.

19. Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was an American photographer working in the 1940s and 1950s. He photographed in black and white. But he is known as an early pioneer of color street photography.

His images capture the quiet moments of the city. Soft focus and reflections give his pictures an impressionistic, painterly quality.

Filmmaker Tomas Leach gave us an insight into the man and the photographer. He filmed the 2012 documentary, In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter.

You can see Leiter's photos in many books. This includes the retrospective Saul Leiter by Vince Aletti and others.

20. Henri Cartier-Bresson

The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is the most famous street photographer ever. He is known for his candid photography and for capturing the " decisive moment."

The decisive moment is the precise moment of action. It is the split-second of time encapsulating a whole story in an image. He describes what the decisive moment is in his own words.

It is "...the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression."

Cartier-Bresson was well-traveled. He photographed in post-war Europe, Asia, and the American South. He was also a founding member of Magnum Photos.

Magnum Photos is a collection of photos documenting life and events of the last 75 years. The organization has become significant in recognizing photographic talent.

Cartier-Bresson inspires generations of photographers through his images and his philosophy of art. Books of his works are numerous. A good starting point is Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer.

Conclusion: Most Famous Street Photographers

Street photographers capture the emotions of life. They capture the quirky, the surprised, the angry, and the bored.

These 20 street photographers documented the world as they saw it. And because it was in a different era, we can look back on the work and walk the streets of cities that are no longer there.

We can share in the lives of everyday people who look very different. But we discover they aren't as different as we expected!

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We list the most famous street photographers for inspiration. Look at the subject matter, locations and how photography masters use them to tell a story.

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This photographer has done a project about human's connection with nature and they've used a projector too: from Lewis

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This photographer has done a project about human's connection with nature and they've used a projector too: from Lewis

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Vintage 80s: London Street Photography Paperback – 15 Sept. 2011

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Jake Hicks Photography - Editorial and fashion photographer based in London UK, specialising in keeping the skill in the camera not just on the screen.

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· This artist used Instagram to cope with grief. She creates a tribute to her mother’s life in pictures.

·  She places a picture of her fish and next to it, a picture of her belongings. Particularly the jewellery ones are really similar to the idea I am going for.

·  I like how the jewellery ones her mother is wearing it in the picture next to the still life image. Shows the sentimental value of the ring to the photographer.

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My Grandad wearing his watch which is now owned by my dad

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My Grandad wearing his watch which is now owned by my dad

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I had not shot anything yet as I have only just got the physical photo. I will be using this photo as one of my subjects in the picture.

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This photographer does a lot of recreation stuff. Look at her '7 years' project on her website, it's all recreational stuff with old fashion costumes etc that could add to the recreational aspect of your project: from Lewis

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This photographer does a lot of recreation stuff. Look at her '7 years' project on her website, it's all recreational stuff with old fashion costumes etc that could add to the recreational aspect of your project: from Lewis

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"I like to shoot with a sharp personal view and a hard hitting edge".

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This project by photographer and filmmaker Ariel Tagar  served as the perfect starting point for my project. He's photographed the Ugandan Vespa Club: a group who ride their Vespas despite "scarce spare parts and road-side heckles"

As Tagar puts it: "They remember a time when owning a Vespa was a status symbol, reminiscent of happier days in Uganda".

The project was quirky and depicted classical Italian scooters in an environment to which they are not typically associated.
This highlighted the connection and passion shared between owner and bike - as there'd be far more practical choices of vehicle.
I was inspired by the simplicity of the compositions: often shot in a very 'matter-of-fact' way. The lack of external flash ensures the images don't look commercial in any way, so the photographs retain their documentary look and feel. For my project, I'm also looking to photograph the connection between owner and bike - through a combination of posed and candid environmental portraits.

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Possible Environmental Photography For You My Sweetie x

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Another environmental portrait photographer from Lewis 

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Documentary and Portrait Photographer - Chris King

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Photographer Chris King specialises in documentary photography & has explored subjects such as food waste & age dispute. Chris is available for commissions

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A photo project about footy fans emotions from Lewis x

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In his new project, photographer Martin Andersen captures the intense, emotional world of Tottenham's diehard fans.

In his new project, photographer Martin Andersen captures the intense, emotional world of Tottenham's diehard fans.

These days, there's a tendency for any discussion of football to be held in the abstract, rarefied world of statistics and contracts. With the financialisation of the game, the fans - and their emotional investment - have been forgotten.

In 2012, Martin Andersen, a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur since the age of five, set out to capture what it means to be a fan. Seven years and hundreds of games in the making, his recently-published series Can't Smile Without You offers a glimpse of the intense, emotional world of the club's diehard fans.

Prior to this project, Andersen had only attended a few games a year, over time he came to understand the finer points of fandom. "Even though everyone supports Tottenham, the fans that drink in one pub don't like the fans that drink in another pub. I think it's that thing of humans creating enemies. For me, that's what football's about: you go, you have a laugh, you shout abuse at someone who supports Arsenal, and then you are work colleagues the next day."

He found he wasn't always given an easy time. "I got beaten up once in Sunderland and I got chased down Bexley Road at a night game. But I understood why: it's not nice to have a lens pointed at your face. In football, there's a lot of tension going on, especially against Arsenal or West Ham, and I'm running around shooting with a flash. People are like, 'who the fuck are you?'"

"I like interesting looking characters; people who have personality, people who are hardcore supporters. When my interest in street photography really took off it was with people like Bruce Davidson, Mark Steinmetz and Bruce Gilden; photographers who photograph characters."

His pictures ride the psychological wave of pre-match pints and pole dancers to crowded post-match kettles and ritual face-offs with riot cops. It's an unreservedly masculine world, in which people from all parts of life take on the part of the rowdy, impassioned fan.

But amidst the action, Andersen found touching scenes of family tradition. "There's a picture of an old man with his granddaughter, and unfortunately that granddad died a couple of weeks after I shot that picture, and that's the last photo of him. What's beautiful is that that's a whole family, there's six or seven of them, they go to every game and that granddad had been to every game since he was nine - he'd been going for 80 years. Their family could be traced back as Tottenham fans back to 1882 when the club was founded."

"I guess in life you can switch jobs, you might switch wives or partners, all sorts of things will happen, but you will never ever switch football team."

The series culminates in the last game played at White Hart Lane, the club's ground for 118 years. A "hopeless old romantic", Andersen says he's yet to fall in love with the new stadium. "For me, it's too modern, it feels like you're going to Westfield or something - a big glass bowl." He says that what first attracted him to the game has been lost. Certainly, this sentiment is felt by many fans at many clubs, as historic venues are torn down and familiar faces pass away. Though Andersen's pictures capture only one club, they speak to everyone who has ever loved the game.
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These days, there's a tendency for any discussion of football to be held in the abstract, rarefied world of statistics and contracts. With the financialisation of the game, the fans - and their emotional investment - have been forgotten. In 2012, Martin Andersen, a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur since the age of five, set out...