Street Photography Quotes
"If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph."
- Bruce Gilden
"Take to the streets! Get political!"
- Mimi Mollica
"Wait for rain, it makes shooting on the street easier and more interesting."
- Martin Parr
"While walking the street constantly look behind yourself, the light is always different."
- Trent Parke
"When you hit that wall of utter frustration while photographing in the street, when you are beyond tired and just want to give up, keep on walking - for another hour, or until the light goes entirely. Often the best photographs come when you least expect them - when you are the most exhausted, and the most emotionally vulnerable."
- Alex Webb
"Read the street in front of you by saying to yourself everything that you see happening both near you and coming toward you (the text of the street) and the picture will present itself."
- Joel Meyerowitz
"Don't ask. Shoot fast."
- Gus Powell
"Be joyful! Dance in the street."
- Munem Wasif
"Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."
- Naguib Mahfouz
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