Street Photography in Ringoes

Sit a spell please. I need to get back to the street. Street photography is the only truth out there.

Zac’s question got me thinking though, further to my post last year “Does Street Photography Matter?”

Inanimate subjects without people in frame do not appear very often in my images. How I think about street photography continues to evolve, without ever feeling like I have it defined. So, is the image “street photography”?

Having checked out Zac’s outstanding portfolio here, I suspect that he would define it as needing human subjects, or at least the suggestion of the presence of human subjects.

Based on my previously mentioned article, I kinda agree with Zac – maybe it isn’t street photography? Maybe more urban landscape? Maybe I tagged it a bit mindlessly?

Featuring in so close to the bench also moves it out of the realm of typical street photography – the bench has become more of an abstract subject rather than a street scape perhaps?

Urban landscapes are something I am thinking about having a real crack at – I started by asking Santa for Stephen Shore’s book “Uncommon Places” to get me started.

I found some benches on the walkabout in Ringeos, didn’t sit on any, just liked the old cast iron look.

Update 12-2-2021

Sit a spell

The Kiss on a bench