Street photography - Who do I study??

[Izzy]

I have gotten back to some street photography. It is certainly more rewarding to review my work in a coffee house than with a client leaning in and sharing their bad breath.

Mine are ok but I think they are missing something "extra"

Any ideas on who I could study for inspiration?

[RichardTaylor]

Have a look at Robert Doisneau's work.

Robert Doisneau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Jim Bryant]

Google Street photography masters: street photography master - Google Search Here's one link: 50 MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

[Jim Bryant]

Originally Posted by Izzy

Any ideas on who I could study for inspiration?

Izzy, if you have any hopes of becoming a photojournalist, you gotta know where to research and find the information. The internet is our friend. Research is a huge part of a photojournalists' life.

[Jim Bryant]

Here's what a friend of mine has to say on street photography or as a matter of fact photography in general. Mike Yamashita's Blog

[inkista]

HC-B. He's the guy who started it.

From there you can hit the other guys, like Eisenstaedt and Winograd and everybody else.

I also very much enjoy spelunking through in-public.com.

[Jim Bryant]

Yup...Henry did start street photography. He's on the lists as well.

[Elmo]

Studying the work of an individual will only succeed in getting you to mimic their style, It is your individual style that has to be developed. I believe Chris Weeks does a good job of defining street photography in this three part video.

Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition - Part One of Three on Vimeo

The question is what type of information do you want to portray. Then how do you feel is the best way for you to portray this information.

[RichardTaylor]

Have a look at some of current guys.

Here is just 1 set (in the rain) from Lloyd Spencer on Flickr.
Bad Weather: Rain, Fog, Mist - a set on Flickr

and Jim's North Vietnam Series.

[Jim Bryant]

Most of my street photography can be found on my photoshelter site.