Street photography from around the world, with Maciej Dakowicz:
Most people say that street photography features people photographed public places in candid, un-posed situations. In my opinion this definition is too broad as it includes portraiture, travel or editorial photography, which might have nothing to do with the genre. Thus, the definition can be refined to define proper street photography by adding just one word – a “twist”. A little twist – something clever, funny, unexpected, surprising or ambiguous. Something making you scratch your head, putting a smile on your face or simply making you say “nice…” So you can also say, that street photography is changing ordinary things into extraordinary through the act of photographing them. And a street photo does not have to be taken literally in the street – it can be shot indoors, on the beach or in the forest, at any place where photographers can take candid, unposed pictures. But what matters is that little “twist” elevating the photo to a different level. Unfortunately, these twists do not come often. So I don’t call myself a street photographer. I am just a photographer who sometimes manages to take a street photograph.
Varanasi, India, 2011 © Maciej Dakowicz
Essaouira, Morocco, 2009 © Maciej Dakowicz
Armenia, 2017 © Maciej Dakowicz
Cardiff after dark, 2007 © Maciej Dakowicz
Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2013 © Maciej Dakowicz
Kolkata, India, 2015 © Maciej Dakowicz
Varanasi, India, 2015 © Maciej Dakowicz
Kairouan, Tunisia, 2011 © Maciej Dakowicz
Amman, Jordan, 2011 © Maciej Dakowicz
Dwarka, India, 2012 © Maciej Dakowicz
Diu, India, 2012 © Maciej Dakowicz
Mumbai, India, 2012 © Maciej Dakowicz
Kamshet, India, 2015 © Maciej Dakowicz
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