Rua Primeira, Ilha do Bairro Herculano (ii) (Between Rua Alexandre Herculano and Rua das Fontainhas)

Rua Primeira, Ilha do Bairro Herculano (Between Rua Alexandre Herculano and Rua das Fontainhas)

Escadas da Vitória (iv)

Rua de Miragaia, 16

Travessa das Taipas

Street Photography Now (III): Bruce Gilden

b. Brooklyn, New York, 1946, lives in New York City


'I am showing a slice of life that on several years won't be there any longer. Many of the people that I photograph are people who have a certain individuality in the way they walk, the way they dress, the way they look. But the world is getting smaller and smaller, so people tend to look more alike, dress more alike. All of these differences are disappearing, and it's making it tougher to find people to photograph.'

Bruce Gilden

Street Photography Now

Thames & Hudson

Rua de São Pedro de Miragaia, 5 Sardine 2.5 €/kg, Mackerel 3.5€/kg (gutted and scaled)

Escadas do Recanto

Avenida D. Carlos I / Barra do Douro Norte (iv)

Magnum 50 years at the front line of history

As I've previously told you here, I plan to share some passages from this book. Let's start with chapter 1.

"PHOTOGRAPHERS LIKE to joke that becoming a member of Magnum is tantamount, in the rigour of the initiation, to joining a religious order."

"The annual convocation of Magnum photographers takes place towards the end of June each year, rotating between the major Magnum offices in New York, Paris and London. Part business meeting, part social gathering, part therapy session, part family reunion, part tedious debating chamber, it is axiomatic that it is held against a background of crisis, since Magnum is always embroiled in a crisis of some kind, and it is almost a tradition that at one point or another the meeting will deteriorate into a furious shouting match, if not worse".

You can buy this book at amazon.

Avenida D. Carlos I / Barra do Douro Norte (iii)

Avenida D. Carlos I / Barra do Douro Norte (ii)

Avenida D. Carlos I / Barra do Douro Norte (The crude attempt at classical composition)

Books (IV)

The Big Monograph
by Robert Mapplethorpe

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH (1992)
Language English
ISBN-10: 3829602820
ISBN-13: 978-3829602822

Amazon
Order placed: c. 1996
25.000$00

Robert Mapplethorpe began taking photographs in 1970 with a Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. When Mapplethorpe died at the age of 42, he was considered one of the most important photographers of his time. This is the definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs, from the early Polaroids to self-portraits taken shortly before he died.

Praia de Miramar (IX)

Campo dos Mártires da Pátria (Feira da Passarada, 2)

Rua das Flores / Rua do Ferraz / Rua da Ponte Nova

Rua dos Mercadores, 110

Definitely not in Porto (viii)

Rua do Dr. Magalhães Lemos, 123

Books (III)

Magnum
Fifty years at the front line of history - the story of the legendary photo agency

by Russell Miller

Paperback: 335 pages
Publisher: Pimlico; New edition (4 Feb 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0712665862
ISBN-13: 978-0712665865


Amazon
Order Placed: 4 July 2001
£10.50

'It is sometimes claimed, not entirely facetiously, that at any one moment in time there are 500 photographers around the world yearning to get into Magnum and fifty (in other words, the entire membership) yearning to get out.'

In the next months I will share my favorite passages in this book.

Rua de São Bento da Vitória / Rua da Vitória (2) (It looks deep from here.)

Rua de São Bento da Vitória / Rua da Vitória (Oh Sh*t he just fell! Wait... he's moving)

Trivia (X)

If you want you can follow me in Google+ (leave a comment if you need an invite).
I think this time Google really nailed it.

I am finding it difficult to update this blog as regularly as I would like (2).

Ocean by portostreetshooting

Rua Ferreira Borges, 11 (II)

Definitely not in Porto (vii)

Modelo Continente department store, Matosinhos

Rua da Vitória, 366

Trivia (IX)

The kamera kid has already published six photographs...

1. First pic
2. Man at work
3. Pyjama Warrior (Self Portrait)
4. Fashion Dog
5. City Council
6. Yu-Gi-Oh! forbidden card

Great six week old photoblog...

Meanwhile he has closed his blog for a much needed vacation...

Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130

Rua de Francisco da Rocha Soares, 52

Street Photography Now (II): David Gibson

b. Ilford, Essex, UK, 1957, lives in London


'If there is one sound piece of advice, which is to myself as much as anyone else, it is the potential of projects or prolonged themes. It's the equivalent of having a dog that needs to go for a walk. Projects need walking.'

'I probably spend more time looking at photographs than I do actually taking them. My shelves at home are lined with photography books.'

David Gibson

Street Photography Now

Thames & Hudson

Rua de São Pedro de Miragaia, 1

I am finding it difficult to update this blog as regularly as I would like.

Pool by portostreetshooting

Definitely not in Porto (vi)

Campo dos Mártires da Pátria

Escadas da Vitória (III)

Rua de Guerra Junqueiro, 629

Books (II)

Street Photography Now

by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.

Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson (6 Sep 2010)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0500543933
ISBN-13: 978-0500543931
Product Dimensions: 28 x 24 x 2.8 cm

Amazon
Order Placed: 30 Nov 2010
£23.84

My favorite street photographers mentioned in this photobook:


Melanie Einzig b. Los Angeles, 1967, lives in New York City (p40)
David Gibson b. Ilford, Essex, UK, 1957, lives in London (p51)
Bruce Gilden b. Brooklyn, New York, 1946, lives in New York City (p54)
Andrew Z. Glickman b. New York City, 1963, lives in Bethesda, Maryland (p70)
Cristóbal Hara b. Madrid, 1946, lives in Cuenca, Spain (p77)
Richard Kalvar b. Brooklyn, New York, 1944, lives in Paris (p90)
Jesse Marlow b. Melbourne, 1978, lives in Melbourne (p112)
Jeff Mermelstein b. New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1957, lives in New York City (p124)
Joel Meyerowitz b. New York City, lives in New York City (p131)
Gus Powell b. New York City, 1974, lives in Brooklyn, New York (p151)
Mark Alor Powell b. Decatur, Illinois, 1968, lives in Mexico City (p156)
Bruno Quinquet b. Chambéry, France, 1964, lives in Tokyo (p160)
Matt Stuart b. London, 1974, lives in London (p189)
Nick Turpin b. Welwyn Garden City, England, 1969, lives in London (p207)

Some are Magnum Masters, some are emerging photographers. I'll keep posting some of their works here over the next months.