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Paul Smolinsky's avatar

I like the guy sitting awkwardly staring at the ground as if in prayer or deep contemplation. Your rules for street photography are great. Over time I’ve come to follow those same rules. And I cannot resist saying that good street photography doesn’t require getting as close as Gilden does. It is not true as Robert Capa said that “[i[f your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” How close you get depends on what you are trying to do. And simply getting closer does not guarantee better results.

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Bill Sawalich's avatar

Bruce Gilden strikes me as the perfect guy to help someone get over photographic timidity.

I used to teach portraiture and every year in the first meeting I’d ask what students hoped to learn. By far the #1 answer was “how do I photograph strangers.” It’s daunting until you get the hang of it. And even then can remain so.

Unless you’re Bruce Gilden!

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