The truth is that 50% of all my Street captures are rubbish !
I wish the above statement was true but it is not , my Street Photography hit rate is much, much , much lower !
Another truth is that at least 50% of all your Street captures are rubbish too ….
The problem I have with this 50% thing is , if we accept that half of our captures are rubbish, how do we know which half to delete ?
One persons poison is another persons successful photograph ?
Does anyone really know what a good photograph looks like ?
What is your criteria for a successful capture ? Is it the same as it was five or ten years ago ?
What is the function of your photography ?
Has Street Photography become the cultural equivalent of painting by numbers ?
I make no apologies for asking so many questions , questions can be much more valuable than answers, especially when definitive answers do not exist . The answers you give to the questions above might be different to to mine , that does not make them wrong , its about owning your thoughts and beliefs and understanding your personal creative motivations ?
Why ?
What is your truth ?
Headless Dog With Decapitated Owner , 2020
The picture above leads me to question everything I ever thought I knew about photography ,I can’t decide if this is the best picture I have ever made or the worst ?
I love the fact that this image genuinely wrong foots me , I love that the technique used here is a common error , a anti-technique if you like, this picture is “WRONG” and is much better for it !
Long before lockdown Street Photography was in the doldrums , images that reflect uniqueness , surprises and innovation were increasingly hard to find , few photographers are daring to take risks and break out from the SP cabal which unintentionally appears to create uniformity by default due to increased connectivity !
No point in whinging about it , I’m trying to pursue new lines of inquiry , what are you doing ?
Don’t ask the same questions, if you know the answers
Dare to be different !
The lockdown pause is a good time to re-think what you thought you knew.
Stay busy and stay safe ….
There is no truth in the post-truth era …..