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We had a wonderful time shooting during the Soho Street Photography Workshop a few days ago. While there are certainly fewer people on the streets during a weekday, in the winter and during the pandemic, there are many opportunities to capture street photos.

Mask Down, New York City, 10 February 2021

42nd Street Lines. This photo was taken during a street photography workshop in Midtown Manhattan.

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There are so many things to shoot on the streets of New York City! Puddle reflections are just one of them. IN my street photography workshops we take advantage of everything that we find.

AND we practice social distancing and always wear a face mask. Check out my upcoming workshops. Here’s a photo taken during a workshop.

It is an understatement to write that photography had a profound influence on art. That said, this issue of Curious Frame merely scratches the surface of it.

Photography has altered the way we think, see and understand the world we live in and it would be a huge understatement to say that photography has changed the nature of art.

Excerpt from Curious Frame Issue 22 on Time Capsules.

I imagine you asking me “why are you writing about time capsules in Curious Frame?” Good question. There are so many things in the world that we would not be aware of without photography.

I also imagine creating time capsules entirely out of photographs. I’ve been thinking about creating my own time capsules with my photos and with photos of things as documents, relics of the times and also using photographs by others as well. More about that later.

January is often the time when people want to create new subjects to photo. One subject I particularly like to shoot is store front windows. And hats are always a favorite!

How much is the hat in the window?, New York City, 28 December 2020

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Photography is Magic part two (excerpt)

Photography captures moments in time, freezes them out of context and reveals things to us that would likely go unnoticed otherwise. Sometimes it captures gold that has the ability to move us to experience a kind of magic. To transport us to another place and time or to stir memories that we’ve forgotten about.

In my group street photography workshops we mostly stick to classic methods and styles of street photography. But when you book a private workshop, it’s really about you and the style that you are interested in. Abstract Street Photography is one possible choice.

But don’t worry, my workshops are always working with you at your level and pace. The photo below is an abstract street photo in the rain. And rain is fabulous for street photography, abstract or straight ahead.

Check out my group workshops and for private workshops you can choose the neighborhood and we arrange a mutual date.

January Rain, Harlem, New York City 2020

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When I think about photography I sometimes think about it as magic. Photography is something that we take for granted. There has not been a time in my lifetime without photography.

Below is an excerpt from this issue on Photography is Magic. You can easily subscribe to Curious Frame.

Photography is magic on many levels and if we slow down a bit we may be able to discover or rediscover some of the magic that exists both in shooting and viewing photos.

To those who first witnessed the camera, this new object and also a physical photo, it was seen either seen as magic or a creation of the devil. But that’s before our time.

If you like and want to explore a number of different abstract street photography techniques, that is something that I do in private workshops. It’s a lot of fun and no experience is necessary. This photo was taken during a private workshop. You can also see a sample of some of my abstract street photography in the gallery on my site.

dot, dot, dot, New York City, 15 December 2021.

Issue 18 of Curious Frame attempts to tackle the topic of women in photography. You can see from the excerpt below that I am a bit ambiguous about certain aspects of this topic. What is certain is that there are and were many great female photographers that the world hasn’t heard of.

To categorize and write about women’s photography as a coherent body is to assume that they all create a similar style of images that can be seen as being like all women. We don’t speak of men’s photography as if it is one style.

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What’s important in a photo? Often people try to capture the subject in whole. But maybe the most important part of a composition doesn’t require that. This is something that we focus on in my private and public workshops.

Convoluted Construction, New York City, August 2011

The latest issue of my Curious Frame newsletter landed in inboxes around the world on Wednesday 10 February. This issue is about Photography & Poetry. Below is an excerpt from the issue. You can subscribe to the newsletter and take part in the dialogue about photography.

Photography, like poetry, has the ability to create language that defies or goes beyond the limits of language. Nuance is the essential ingredient in both. It leaves room for the viewer or the reader to fill in the gaps.

Curious Frame Issue 17 - Photography & Poetry, 10 February 2021