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BOOKS ABOUT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Street Photography Is Cool

Street Photography Is Cool
By: John Lewell

A major new work by the editor of Photo Start Sheet and Street Photo Index. Hey, that's why it's top of the list. You won't be disappointed! He says it's his best book.

Kindle, 428 pages

Street Photography: Document Your World

Street Photography: Document Your World
By: Andrew "Fundy" Funderburg

His focus is on "the characters that make a town truly come alive," the bartenders, waiters, street vendors, lifetime residents, and even the homeless, all of whom are recorded in great b&w shots.

Paperback, 128 pages

Street Photography, A History in 100 Iconic Photographs

Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Photographs
By: David Gibson

Candid, immediate, and provocative images captured by the biggest names in street photography from its inception to today.

Hardcover Edition, 208 pages


100 Great Street Photographs

100 Great Street Photographs
By: David Gibson

This 2017 book by one of the founders of the street photography collective In-Public offers a cross-section of today's street photography with 100 inspiring photos from around the world.

Hardcover, 208 pages

Bystander

Bystander: A History of Street Photography
By: Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerovitz

First published in 1994, Bystander is one of the key works on street photography, written by an art historian and a well-known street photographer and now available in a new edition.

Hardcover, 400 pages

Light Work

Light Work: How to Master Light in Street Photography
By: Rupert Vandervell

How you can use light in street photography to take dramatic or atmospheric pictures, together with general compositional advice.

Kindle Edition, 52 pages


On Street Photography and the Poetic Image

Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image: The Photography Workshop Series
By: Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb

Not exactly a how-to guide, but an exploration of street photography with analysis of examples by the authors, both of whom have photographed extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Paperback, 128 pages

Street Photography - From Atget to Cartier-Bresson

Street Photography: From Atget to Cartier-Bresson
By: Clive Scott

A survey of the early years of street photography, from Atget (or Brassai, according to Amazon) to Cartier-Bresson, by Professor Scott, including Kertesz, Bovis, René-Jacques, and Doisneau.

Paperback, 233 pages

Mastering Street Photography

Mastering Street Photography
By: Brian Lloyd Duckett

A practical guide to capturing candid and dramatic moments on the street, from StreetSnappers tutor Brian Lloyd Duckett. It includes the art of building an audience for your images.

Paperback, 176 pages


Street Photography 50 Ways to Capture Better Shots of Ordinary Life

Street Photography: 50 Ways to Capture Better Shots of Ordinary Life
By: Eric Kim

A short introduction to street photography by the Internet's most popular street photography blogger.

Kindle Edition, 131 pages

Street Photography: A Concise Guide

Street Photography: A Concise Guide
By: Anne Darling

A brief how-to guide, covering equipment and techniques, using light, candid versus posed portraits, plus plenty of tips.

Kindle Edition, 96 pages

Street Photography: Creative Vision Behind the Lens

Street Photography: Creative Vision Behind the Lens
By: Valérie Jardin

Widely travelled photographer takes you on a journey through the art and practice of candid photography in the urban environment.

Paperback, 226 pages


Street Photography Now

Street Photography Now
By: Sophie Howarth & Stephen McLaren

Still relevant, if not still "now," this 2011 book remains in print due to popular demand. It looks at the work of forty-six well-known and less well-known image-makers.

Paperback, 240 pages

Street Photography The Complete Guide

Street Photography: The Complete Guide
By: Kit Sadgrove

First published in 2012 when it was claimed to be the first "how-to" book on street photography, authored by the distance learning entrepreneur behind www.inst.org.

Paperback, 90 pages

Street Photography by Gordon Lewis

Street Photography: The Art of Capturing the Candid Moment
By: Gordon Lewis

The author discusses why some people are drawn to street photography, what makes a great street photograph and what various styles and approaches are possible.

Paperback, 144 pages


Street Photography by Tom Young

Street Photography
By: Tom Young

Scarcely a book, more like a pamphlet with 2 pictures on each A5 size. Not inexpensive. By Canadian photographer, a member of Observe collective.

Paperback, 24 pages

The New Street Photographers Manifesto

The New Street Photographers Manifesto: Any Camera, Anywhere
By: Tanya Nagar

Shows the reader some of the potential of the urban environment and offers tips and techniques for creating great street photos.

Paperback, 176 pages

The Street Photographers Manual

The Street Photographer's Manual
By: David Gibson

All about the possibilities of street photography and the various ways you can approach the genre. Plus an introduction to 20 famous street photographers, including Bruce Gilden, Alex Webb, Nils Jorgensen and Saul Leiter.

Paperback, 192 pages


Travel and Street Photography--From Snapshots to Great Shots

Travel and Street Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots
By: John Batdorff

Aimed at beginning-to-intermediate digital photographers, this introduction to street and travel photography covers the basics, including composition, light, and exposure, plus Lightroom workflow.

Paperback, 264 pages

Ultimate Beginners Guide to Mastering Street Photography

Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Mastering Street Photography
By: Eric Kim and Cindy Nguyen

Not just a manual on how to shoot street photography, the book is also a showcase for some of the best photos from Eric Kim's "Suits" and "Only in America" series.

Kindle Edition, 160 pages

World Atlas of Street Photography

The World Atlas of Street Photography
By: Jackie Higgins

By the author of "Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained," a look at the work of 100 established and emerging photographers.

Hardcover, 399 pages


STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS' MONOGRAPHS & PORTFOLIOS

American Colour

American Colour 1962-1965
By: Tony Ray Jones

From the outstanding British street photographer of the 1960s, images from the USA, with an introduction by Liz Jobey.

Hardcover, 80 pages

Grim Street

Grim Street
By: Mark Cohen

A collection of Americana from the streets of Wilkes-Barre, the Pennsylvania mine-town where Cohen lives. His pictures are described by Vince Aletti writing in The Village Voice, as "jarringly unique, and much imitated."

Hardcover, 176 pages

La Calle

Alex Webb: La Calle: Photographs from Mexico
By: Alex Webb

Street photographer Alex Webb worked in Mexico throughout the 1980s and '90s and his photos capture the mystery, passion, exhuberance and colour of the Mexican scene at that time.

Hardcover, 156 pages


Personal Best

Personal Best
By: Elliott Erwitt

A curated retrospective of Elliott Erwitt's work, originally published as a large format hardcover in 2006 but now issued in a less expensive edition.

Hardcover, 448 pages

Stephen Shore Uncommon Places

Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places: The Complete Works
By: Stephen Shore

Originally published in 1982, this new edition features 15 previously unseen images. Roads, cars -- not precisely "street photography" -- but a classic and evocative work with dozens of mostly empty streets.

Hardcover, 208 pages

Street Photography by Shinzo Shinjo

Street Photography
By: Shinzo Shinjo

Street photography by Japanese photographer Shinzo Shinjo.

Paperback, 84 pages


Subway: Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson: Subway
By: Bruce Davidson

First published by Aperture in 1986, this third, 2011 edition gives more readers a chance to view the photographer's strobe-lit images of people in the New York subway.

Hardcover, 135 pages

The Americans

The Americans
By: Robert Frank

With an introduction by Jack Kerouac, Robert Frank's classic of b/w street and documentary photography is a must for any library. First published in France in 1958 and now in many editions, inc. Chinese.

Hardcover, 180 pages

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment
By: Henri Cartier-Bresson

First published in 1952, the seminal work that has inspired generations of street photographers. This edition is an exact facsimile of the original, including the Matisse cover, but with an additional essay on its history by Centre Pompidou curator Clément Chéroux.

Hardcover, 160 pages


The Eyes of the City

The Eyes of the City
By: Richard Sandler

Photos taken in New York City -- plus some from Boston -- between 1977 and September 11, 2001. "A tribute to the unrecognized ghosts of New York's past." - i-D Magazine

Hardcover, 200 pages

The Suffering of Light

Alex Webb: The Suffering of Light
By: Alex Webb

The Suffering of Light: Thirty Years of Photographs by Alex Webb is a mix of street photography, photojournalism and fine art. Highly regarded.

Hardcover, 204 pages

The Urban Prisoner

The Urban Prisoner: Photographs by Matt Weber
By: Matt Weber

Photos of New York taken by the author from his cab. All in b/w, his photos show the ongoing drama that is life on the streets of NYC.

Hardcover, 115 pages


Where_I_Find_Myself

Where I Find Myself
By: Colin Westerbeck and Joel Meyerowitz

The first major single book retrospective of the legendary street photographer, one of the pioneers of colour photography in the 1970s.

Hardcover, 352 pages

Street,_Carrie_Boretz

Street: New York City 70s, 80s, 90s
By: Carrie Boretz and Vivian Gornick

Photos taken by Carrie Boretz in New York City from the mid-1970s through the 1990s, with text by American critic, essayist, and memoirist Vivian Gornick.

Hardcover, 136 pages

Mean_Streets

Mean Streets: NYC 1970-1985
By: Ed Grazda

Collected here in print for the first time, the gritty street photos of Ed Grazda, showing what NYC looked like in the late 1970s and early 80s.

Hardcover, 112 pages


Vivian Maier Street Photographer

Vivian Maier: Street Photographer
By: Geoff Dyer

The extraordinary story of Vivian Maier, the professional nanny who took 100,000 photographs in Europe and the U.S. yet remained unknown until the purchase of her archive by John Maloof.

Hardcover, 128 pages

William Eggleston's Guide

William Eggleston's Guide
By: John Szarkowski

The first one-man show of colour photographs to be presented at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 48 images edited down from 375 shot between 1969 and 1971.

Hardcover, 112 pages

William Eggleston Portraits

William Eggleston Portraits
By: Phillip Prodger and Sofia Coppola

Eggleston's amazing portraits from the 1950s to the present day, including famous works from his 1970s Memphis club period. Contains a series of interviews with the photographer and his close family.

Hardcover, 184 pages


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