Street Photography

Latest about Street Photography

TwText: A photo of two children eating ice cream, standing beside a red car
New book celebrates the photographs Martin Parr said would get him into heaven

By Tom May Published

40 years on from The Last Resort, this is the perfect tribute for the man who raised the game for modern documentary photograph.

Street Photography
A shot of The Eiffel Tower in Paris in daytime with the faces of pedestrians in the foreground blurred
Should street photography require consent? Turns out it depends!

By Dan Mold Published

Opinion In the UK and USA we can take pictures in public freely, but that's not the case around the globe. So who's got it right?

Opinion
A butcher with a large tattoo on his arm works behind a window, perfectly positioned so a hanging pig's head appears to be his own.
Margarita Mavromichalis's street photos look like happy accidents (but never are)

By Tom May Published

News Great street photography often looks spontaneous – but as this series proves, it takes years of dedicated practice

News
Matt Stuart on Walkie Talkie
Matt Stuart says "There's no such thing as talent in photography"

By Sebastian Oakley Published

News Matt Stuart on why great photos come from time, not talent

6 Comments
News
Mike Chudley Street photography is nonsense
"Street photography is actually nonsense... and it's so bloody good"

By Sebastian Oakley Published

News Street photographer and YouTuber Mike Chudley says '"Modern life demands results, street photography is mostly failure"

3 Comments
News
D90R8B A man walking by a large No Photos Please sign on the wall of Village Underground in Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London.
I’m sick and tired of being told to stop taking photos on the street, so I was flabbergasted when a security guard did this!

By Matthew Richards Published

opinion Where’s the harm in standing in a public place, taking photos of equally public places around town? I don’t know, but I keep getting the cold shoulder… but last week, the very opposite happened

2 Comments
opinion
Screenshot from Frederik Trovatten video, with Frederik Trovatten on the left and a screenshot of an article on the right
This Street photographer used a 7-year-old Fujifilm camera to shoot a Coca-Cola campaign

By Mike Harris Published

News Proving that gear isn’t everything, a street photographer used the Fujifilm X-T3 to shoot an ad campaign for Coca-Cola

News
Street Photography London
Hit the streets with your creative camera and try our top tips for city slickers

By Dan Mold Published

VIDEO Next time you’re in a big city be sure to try out these fun techniques for creative cityscape shots

VIDEO
Martin Parr at The Photography Show 2019
Martin Parr in his own words: "People are funny"

By Emma-Lily Pendleton Published

INTERVIEW Martin Parr (1952-2025) captured the idiosyncrasies of British life like no other photographer. In this 2016 interview, before his sad passing on December 6, 2025, he revealed all about self-publishing, beach experiments, and an unexpected sideline…

INTERVIEW
TwText: A photograph of two children eating ice cream, standing beside a red car
RIP Martin Parr: the photographer who found joy in the ordinary

By Tom May Published

Britain's greatest documentary photographer leaves behind a legacy that transformed how we see everyday life.

Street Photography
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives