Street Photography Documentary

I think I've seen it, he's ridiculously quick from viewfinder to shot, but then he does hold it up around his face anyway, tapping his teeth/glasses with it kinda nonchalantly like he doesn't care..*scratches forehead with camera*
He's definitely the sly/covert/blend in type street shooter.
Its interesting to watch the techniques different street shooters employ.
Can't watch Winogrand without watching Meyerowitz, Parr or Guilden for a contrast in styles..
 
I agree, he was a kind of subversive photographer in the sense people were his 'prey'. That mode of shooting doesn't offend me personally, in many ways Cartier-Bresson did a similar thing, a kind of light-footed dance but he didn't get to know his subjects in the way some photographer do.
The 'business', putting his camera down and picking it up again and fidgetting, makes the subject react in a particular way that puts them on edge and I think Winogrand knew that. By the end you have to wonder how much was plain old compulsion but he shot some great frames.
 
He's definitely like Bresson, he doesn't hide the camera under a handkerchief as such, but he uses it like one.
Bresson wanted to be covert even if he wasn't all the time.
Out of them all, I'm impressed the most by Meyerowitz, his method is I think a gift, I doubt his Jedi mind trick stuff is a practical style for everybody.
 
I kind of like it - I'm not a fan of his work as much I am of Jay Maisel's or Leonard Freed for example, but I do like his shooting style - get in close and tight with a wide-angle lens on - this was the sort of thing that inspired me in my youth - armed with just a single body and a 35mm lens...
 
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