What is street photography? What is the meaning and culture of street photography?

What is the meaning and culture of Street Snap? Street Snap: the English name is Street Snap, in which Street means street, which stands for a place that is walked, seen, free, surrounded, ordinary, and familiar enough to be unnoticeable; and Snap, one of the original usages is an adjective that refers to a quick, hasty, sudden, and simple, as well as the sound of the click, the quick and flexible movement, and the fierce acquisition of the shot . The earliest street photography originated from foreign fashion magazines, in addition to timely introduction of the major shows on the release of new clothes, but also to convey the popularity of information from the people, so the so-called "street show" came into being, which is the origin of street photography.

Of course, the target of street photography is not just the ordinary people, a large number of professional photographers on the celebrities in their daily life capture, but also become an important genre of street photography. But no matter what, as long as you see any good-looking, fun on the road, you can act as a street photographer, so that walking past, passing handsome and beautiful people to become the star of your lens, as long as you are fashionable enough, love shopping, sharp eyes, taste unique, and then have the ability to react quickly to the action. Street photography used in the photographic equipment, generally should be used in a smaller size, stronger performance of the digital camera. It is also possible to use a cell phone. Street photography is popular in Japan, where there are many young people with different looks and a large number of fashion magazines, providing a wide space for street photography. Generally, a professional street photography must capture the details of the subject's clothes, the ensemble and the brand. To this day, this is still the mainstay of street photography content. Street photographer: Street photographer has a pair of eyes good at discovering, street fashion, interesting branches, memorable scenes, dramatic images, are the target of their capture! They have no specific relationship with the person across the camera and look at it from a spectator's point of view. Thus, when they raise the camera, they need to remind themselves: I am just a recorder, a photographer who records real life! Linger in the streets and alleys, shuttle between the sea of people, walking "click" sound constantly, with a SLR, card machine, camera phone to catch the light and shadow. In these shots, there is no figure, not even a familiar face, there are just strangers with whom they pass by. These are the people we are looking for, perhaps you have seen, perhaps just listen to others mentioned, perhaps waiting for a car on a busy street, has been the camera instantly captured their own strange expression ...... you can call them "street photographer", or You can call them "street photographers" or "street sweepers". Street photography culture: with the camera to capture the fashion elements on the street, "street photography" activities are gradually becoming a new street culture activities for young people in China. Street photography from the earliest foreign fashion magazines, these fashion magazines in addition to the timely introduction of major shows on the release of new clothes, but also to pass the popularity of information from the people, so the so-called "street show" came into being, which is the origin of street photography. Enough fashion, love shopping, sharp eyes, taste unique street photography enthusiasts, see any good-looking, fun, fashionable things appear on the road, will quickly respond to capture the beautiful moment. Domestic street photography culture originated in the major popular websites, at first, some netizens have seen fashionable street photography photos around the world, began to try to capture the elements of fashion in the domestic streets, shooting some street photography published, and then gradually have a special street photography forum, some websites also from time to time to organize street photography enthusiasts on the street for the collective street photography activities, some street photography activities there are certain themes, such as Some street photography activities also have certain themes, such as "friendship combination", "school uniform show" and so on, attracting a lot of young people's participation. In the country, the street photography culture is still very unfamiliar, many street photography enthusiasts in fact, the real meaning of street photography is only a half-understanding, some will be between acquaintances as a self-timer street photography, which can not really reflect the street fashion taste. The real street photography activities are not very much public support, on the one hand, this culture has not been widely accepted, on the one hand, the face of the camera is still relatively shy, many fashionably dressed men and women on the street can not be open to face the stranger's camera, often refused to take action, so many street photography has become a "sneak peek". "In fact, the best effect of street photography should be the active cooperation of the photographed, but not many people can do so." KEN said, he once in the city near the Fourth Middle School and Jinxin Road Pedestrian Street area to try to invite a lot of uniquely dressed citizens to let him take pictures, 90% were rejected, and some even scolded him immodest, so that his enthusiasm for street photography was greatly dampened. Although the development of street photography culture in China is not very smooth, but after all, this culture has y attracted some young people, they are exploring to find a unique fashion style belonging to the country. Street photography has always been controversial From a professional point of view, street photography is also a kind of artistic creation, but this kind of creation can override everything? Including human rights.