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Street photography, portraiture, photography: it’s not about labels; it’s a method.

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Visual Culture Federico Zaza Visual Culture Federico Zaza

Photographic Portraiture: An Overview.

…Personally, I have a very clear view on this: I don’t consider a photograph to be a portrait unless it captures at least one aspect of the person’s character. No matter how convincing the model’s pose may be, or how technically perfect the lighting, it doesn’t even qualify as the foundation of a portrait: it’s merely an exercise in posing and lighting.

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Visual Culture Federico Zaza Visual Culture Federico Zaza

Poetry and the Gaze

The only way to cheat time—at this level—is through photography. In a tangible sense, it is the only medium capable of freezing a moment in a single physical entity: a photographic print

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Visual Culture Federico Zaza Visual Culture Federico Zaza

Street Photography: 10 Tips for Developing Your Own Visual Style

10 Tips for Street Photography.

It can have historical and documentary value. It can take a pictorial and purely aesthetic approach. It can be storytelling or serve as the foundation for photojournalism. The possibilities are endless. Find your own path—the one that best represents you at that moment. There is no single definition, nor are there clear-cut boundaries.

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Visual Culture Federico Zaza Visual Culture Federico Zaza

Street Photography -- Laws and Techniques.

COMBINING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO CREATE NEW MEANINGS.

Whatever your approach may be, this is one of the things I find most wonderful about photography: the infinite interplay of elements that you can suggest through elements that are completely unrelated in reality. And through these suggestions, you will evoke new ideas, associations, and meanings in the viewer.

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