The Talk

I begin this talk by describing my early career as a press photographer on both local and Fleet Street newspapers in the 1970s/80s, where I would often find myself working on the streets.

Then I move onto more recent years when I decided to became a ‘mature’ student studying and making social documentary street photography which looked at both the human and urban landscape, during which time I produced a number books using Urban Street Photography as a form of research. I’ve completed two course so far, a BA and an MA and I am about to start a PhD.

To finish, normally after a break for coffee and cake, in the second part of the talk I look at how to go about shooting in the street, which includes:

• how to feel safe, and be safe on the streets whilst creating urban street photographs
• best equipment to use
• best technique
• the implications of shooting candid to posed street photographs
• the law concerning street photography
• the genius loci of the masters of urban street photography
• how to find your ‘genius loci’