Go here and look
Written by David WhiteGo and have a look at Matt Stuart’s street photos. Quite simply they are bloody fantastic.
I saw his skip and peacock shot yesterday, but only today did I check out the extent of his street work…
WOW.
Thanks Matt.
Discussion (6 Comments)
what a stunning eye.
I wouldnt say awesome..good, funny, different yes; but street photography is also about humanity,light & colour also not just great composistion, alsoI belive some of the work is staged.
Thres nothing wrong in that..if youre honest and the images and work are strong but awesome….I disagree, some of the work is even shallow & banal and lacks empathy and depth;it has humour and amazing composition though.
Take an image and run away, Im very sure the work couldnt be taken on one day but It feels like it.
Look at Alex webb, Donald webber,Trent parke, Miguel rio branco,Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Anders peterson etc..theres humour their but also power there work is AWESOME!
I know it a very english Martin Parresuq banility and comedy type work and i know why people like it, especially those coming from amore mainstream media or Daily mail world, but sorry I dont like it,
Hi Kirk … thanks for your comment … good to debate this.
Seriously… “is shallow & banal and lacks empathy and depth”?
I love his work and I hate the Daily Mail. I love mainstream media but also buy photographic books too asmuch as I have sometimes bought Four Four Two magazine.
Maybe it is not the story Alex webb, Donald Webber, Trent Parke, Miguel Rio Branco, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Anders Peterson wold have shot but the last time I looked at their images, they were not very funny.
Matt’s work is. You PJ’ists need funny photographers, need serious photographers, need entertaining photographers as much as you need photographers exploring the imaginary spaces between the conflict of identity that reveal itself in everyday lives that highlight the paradox of our current cultural diasporas which…. zzzZZZzzzz….. sensitively in the plight of these people to whom I am giving a voice… (oh by the way it is for sale for $5,000 in a limited edition.
As part of the marvellous diversity within all human kind, PJ’ism needs them all – let celebrate all the great works by accepting them for what they are!
looked at Black & white work..I like this a lot more, obviously its been post-produced but lives up to way I want emotions from street photography to hit me,
the other side is that some people (other well know photographers) are just not looking at new photography in Black and white
This is not in depth, hard hitting, on the edge photojournalism- it’s street photography. And although the argument can be made that it’s passe as an art form, the same can be said about any genre in photography (as if large format color isn’t already long in the tooth). Street photography has always been about the slice of life, brief encounter- your daily commute, but with senses on full throttle. Like rock, its heyday may have come and gone, but one should always be alert to when individual examples shine and deliver- as do many of Stuart’s.