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‘On The Night Bus’ is published 17th Nov 2016
‘On The Night Bus’ is published 17th Nov 2016
October 10, 2016 In books Street Photography
After four years of cold wet winter evenings photographing London bus commuters returning home to the suburbs my project is published as a book by Hoxton Minipress. The hardback...
Photography and Public Transport
Photography and Public Transport
November 3, 2014 In Projects Street Photography Street Photography Theory
  The most common misunderstanding about Street Photography is to assume that it is about a location, the ‘Street’, when it is really a particular ‘approach’...
Street Photography & Integrity
Street Photography & Integrity
August 25, 2015 In Street Photography Street Photography Theory
  So much photography these days is put to work to sell us something, commonly products or services, maybe ideas or beliefs or appealing to us to give to a cause. Sometimes...
Public Space Private Space
Public Space Private Space
February 12, 2015 In Street Photography Theory
    “The public realm should be public. It’s where people of all backgrounds, ages and interests can mix and get a shared sense of belonging and ownership....
Street Photography: Feel the Force
Street Photography: Feel the Force
January 31, 2013 In Street Photography Street Photography Theory
  Street Photography is an Attitude   More than anything Street Photography is an attitude, it is an openness to being amazed by what comes your way, it is unlearning...
Street Photography Pie
Street Photography Pie
April 28, 2014 In Street Photography Street Photography Theory
I take a lot of flack online for attempting to maintain a fairly rigid definition of Street Photography, I know a lot of people, including some very notable ones don’t...
London Cycle Hire Scheme shoot
April 2, 2014 In Commercial Work Commissions Street Fashion
I am currently working with Transport for London and Swedish stylist Kajsa Soderlund to produce new images to promote the London Cycle Hire Scheme. This first series focuses...
STREET 2012 by James Nares.
STREET 2012 by James Nares.
March 15, 2013 In Street Photography Theory
NYC based artist James Nares film ‘STREET’ is an unscripted 61-minute high definition video filmed over one week in September 2011 from Battery Park to the furthest...
Making Street Photography Pay.
Making Street Photography Pay.
December 5, 2012 In Commercial Work Commissions Street Photography Theory
One of my Commercial Portfolios of Street Photographs.     I have often stated that I consider Street Photography to be the least commercial form of image making...
Undefining Street Photography
Undefining Street Photography
November 26, 2012 In Street Photography Theory
In the interviews and seminars that I do two questions continually arise… 1- Can you define Street Photography for us? 2- Does Street Photography have a future?  ...