The main idea behind my photos was to capture the street scene in Downtown Tucson and on Forth Avenue at night, thus this is an example of street photography. Some of the concepts in my photographs include perspective, capturing the moment, lighting, and allowance of blur within the photos to show realism. I tried to, with the unposed images, keep the people I was photographing unaware that I was taking their picture, so that they would not react to the camera. The posed pictures, on the other hand, were about capturing the moment. The concept of street photography is of interest to me because of my liking of crowds in city streets. The energy and activity of a busy street was one of the goals that I tried to capture in my photos, while also showing the various types of people roaming the streets. Street photography encompass many different types of photography, both posed and unposed, while the main focus is usuaully on people. My photography project was influenced by the works of Garry Winogrand, who was a famous street photographer in New York City. His photograhs included both posed pictures as well as unposed seemingly random images of people in the city. His approach appealed to me becasue it is similar to my approach to urban street photography. My photographs focus on people and contain both posed and unposed images. One difference though, is that Garry Winogrand's photos were mostly taken in the day, while my photographs were mostly taken at night.
This image is posed, consisting of a group of random guys who agreed to pose for me. This image captures the moment in the crowd, and is representative of the energy and activity Downtown and on Forth Avenue. In that sense it connects to street photography.
This image was also posed, showing a homeless man. It still is representative of capturing all perspectives of the street scene- not just the positive.
This image shows the thickness of the crowd on Forth Avenue. Most people are just walking, but the two guys on the side are standing and talking. This, therefeore caputres the moment in the crowd.
this is the line to get into Omallys. All diffrerent types of people are seen here, from a couple hugging, to a woman with a balloon hat, to people waiting and talking, therefore caputuring the moment as people wait.
This image, taken downtown has several groups of people. The two in the foreground are most visablly represented. It still is representative of capturing the moment, but also perpective and lighting.
This picture was taken at Hotel congress, with the intention of capturing people without them seeing the camera, thus being unposed and in their natural state, capturing the moment as it is.
