hello @manupellon
Thank you for taking the course and submitting your project.
I identify a lot with what you wrote in the second paragraph, about having street photography as a way of meeting, almost like a meditation.
About your project, you already have a well-trained eye for composition and light. Even working with wide open lenses, you can organize your framing well, using these city lights and shadows, but also placing the characters well within the frame. That's great. These are photos that need to be seen big, because there are a lot of interesting details in different layers.
But as you yourself commented, I think there is still a lot of distance from people. That's not a problem unless you miss getting closer. In the few days I spent in New York, I got the impression that people are so busy they almost don't mind being photographed, so maybe it's worth taking a little more risk. Because they are so far away, your photos give me a little coldness. That's not necessarily bad quality. I'm a big fan of Lee Friedlander's work (by the way, I highly recommend you study it, there are similarities with yours), and he is a photographer often described as "detached", who doesn't get too involved with the subject - and yet does a fantastic job. Another photographer I recommend is Ray K. Metzker, mainly because of the use of light and shadows.
Another option, if you really don't like shooting people up close, would be to use longer lenses, like an 85mm. Besides Saul Leiter, there are two contemporary photographers doing a good job in the city in this way. Here are the links if you don't know:
https://www.instagram.com/pedrocantizani/ https://www.instagram.com/monaris_/
Anyway, I hope I have helped, and I'm available if you have any other questions.
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Thank you for taking the course and submitting your project.
I identify a lot with what you wrote in the second paragraph, about having street photography as a way of meeting, almost like a meditation.
About your project, you already have a well-trained eye for composition and light. Even working with wide open lenses, you can organize your framing well, using these city lights and shadows, but also placing the characters well within the frame. That's great. These are photos that need to be seen big, because there are a lot of interesting details in different layers.
But as you yourself commented, I think there is still a lot of distance from people. That's not a problem unless you miss getting closer. In the few days I spent in New York, I got the impression that people are so busy they almost don't mind being photographed, so maybe it's worth taking a little more risk. Because they are so far away, your photos give me a little coldness. That's not necessarily bad quality. I'm a big fan of Lee Friedlander's work (by the way, I highly recommend you study it, there are similarities with yours), and he is a photographer often described as "detached", who doesn't get too involved with the subject - and yet does a fantastic job. Another photographer I recommend is Ray K. Metzker, mainly because of the use of light and shadows.
Another option, if you really don't like shooting people up close, would be to use longer lenses, like an 85mm. Besides Saul Leiter, there are two contemporary photographers doing a good job in the city in this way. Here are the links if you don't know:
https://www.instagram.com/pedrocantizani/
https://www.instagram.com/monaris_/
Anyway, I hope I have helped, and I'm available if you have any other questions.
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