Street Photography, By Buzz of the Orient, in the Orient
Street Photography, By Buzz of the Orient, in the Orient
So far I have posted 21 articles of 17 Famous Photographers, and many of them are or were known as "Street Photographers". Street Photography is defined as follows:
Street photography, also sometimes called candid photography, is photography conducted for art or enquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places...Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.
The "street photographers" that I have been featuring extend their subjects to architecture as well. The "father" of Street Photography will be the next Famous Photographer that I will post, but in the meantime, here are a series of street photographs taken by an INfamous Photographer, myself. All of these photos were taken in China over the past 11 years. Many of them have been posted before, but they are all newly edited and framed.
1. A street in Shanghai
2. Chongqing, near the waterfront at night
3. The ancient city of Chang'An, now known as Xi'an, where the Terra Cotta Warriors are located.
4. Outdoor night markets are common in Chinese cities.
5. Ciqikou - the "old city" in Chongqing
6. I don't have a fisheye wide-angle lens, so I have to improvise. I really didn't mean for this to be a self-portrait.
7. A street scene in Xi'an
8. At the Chongqing Normal University
9. The street watering trucks play "It's a Small World" very loud as they spray.
10. Through the gateway into an ancient village
11. Who said China was crowded?
12. View from the observation deck of the tower in Chengdu, Sichuan Province
13. Street food in a park in Chengdu. They were delicious.
14. A nap after lunch is very common here.
15. Downtown Chengdu
16. Relics like this abound everywhere in China.
17. Hotel entrance in an ancient village
18. This is one of my favourite photos - taken near the base of the Chengdu Tower.
19. Nobody can fall on the tracks in Chinese subways.
20. A typical indoor/outdoor hardware store
21. In all my years here, this was the only time I saw a woman in a burka.
y 22. Whatever you need, they've got it.
23. The vendor was ducking behind his ducks.
24. No, it wasn't Hallowe'en.
25. Electric bikes are a very common means of transport here.
26. A view from our last apartment in Zhengzhou, 2 years ago. I wonder if I would get into trouble for taking a photo of an army base - the entrance to it is guarded by two soldiers with really mean looking rifles.
27. If there ever was a street bookstore, there it is.
28. Back to the old town of Ciqikou, in Chongqing - A place to relax overlooking the Jialing River.
29. This is called "West Street" because so many Western tourists walk on it in Yangshou, on the Li River among the Karst Mountains in Guangxi Autonomous Region.
30. Back to Xi'an, a mix of modern and traditional architecture
31. Typical street scene in an old part of a city.
32. A pedestrian outdoor mall.
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Just in case you wanted to ask why, at the age of 69, I travelled to the other side of the world.
Thank you for sharing your part of the world with us, Buzz. I enjoyed ALL of your photos!
Great street photos, Buzz.
keep'em coming.
Buzz is the indisputable NT Master of the Photo Essay!
Several of the images posted herein would make excellent poster, et al prints.
More great photos, thank you.
Did I see an Abbey Road of China?
LOL. Nobody is crossing not wearing shoes.
In-famous or infamous.....well, at least you're famous here. Thanks for the look intot he world where you live!