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Street Photography Now
Three Members of Public Life, Ying Tang, Markus Hartel and Siegfried Hansen participate in the book "Street Photography Now" Get up close and personal with the world’s best street photographers as they capture the drama of everyday life at 1⁄125 of a second. Prowl pavements and back alleys, encountering comic absurdities, small acts of kindness and scenes of unexpected beauty; let your eye be caught by a witty billboard, a woman dressed as an angel, a businessman sprinting through the crowd: the human carnival is in town and the streets are alive. ... read more
Feature: Pablo Peyrolón
Not without a camera
These photos were taken with an iPhone 3G and are part of my larger iPhoneography collection. Because all these pictures are taken with a cameraphone they are not technically perfect, but it is good so. Technic constraints put pressure on ...
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What is Public Life
Public Life is a meeting point for international street photographers. Street photography is one of the most vivid, complex and expressive forms of photography. Capturing both people and context, situations as they happen, in one picture requires a good eye, the ability to see and compose a picture in a few seconds. Impartiality and some luck are needed as well. Street photography is a passion, it does not aim at exposing people but wants to capture the essence of a moment. A moment which might pass much too fast.