Street Pictures

After reading David Snider’s introduction section on his website, there was a quote that really stood out to me, “it’s not the heat, it’s the timidity.” What I took away from this quote is that you cannot let your nerves or shyness get in the way from getting the right shots. You have to confront and overcome your fears so that you feel comfortable putting a camera in someone’s face or taking a photo without someone’s permission.

As I looked through David Snider’s collection, his photos captured precious moments that could not have been captured from shooting across the street. Look at the second photo in Snider’s collection, Sonny’s Rosary Beads, New York City. This photo is filled with detail and emotion that tells me a story about this person’s life. The rough hands make me think that Sonny is a male who is part of working class American. The wrinkles tell me that Sonny is an older gentleman. The rosary beads indicate that he is religious. This picture is simple but has a since of complexity to it. David LaBelle’s article, “The Great Picture Hunt”, stressed the importance of keeping a photo clear from extraneous detail and clutter. If you have to many things going on in a picture, it can take your eye away from what the focus of the picture is supposed to be.