Street Photography Research

Street photography is a type of photography that catches situations in public places. I've read that it doesn't have to be in a street or even in an urban place, it doesn't even need people in it. Timing can be everything sometimes to create the perfect moment/picture. Street photography can also be used for documentary .Street photography was made in the era spanning the end of the 19th Century through to the late 1970s; a period which saw the portable cameras. During the course of its evolution, street photography has provided a diverse and detailed record of street culture. The advent of digital photography, combined with the exponential growth of photo-sharing via the internet, has greatly expanded an awareness of  the photos and the photographers

I've also read that Paris is widely know as the birth of street photography. Eugene Atget is thought to be the father of street photography and this is only because of his popularity in the subject. He helped to promote the city streets of Paris in the 1890s-1920s. He didn't take pictures of people very often he preferred the buildings, stairs that type of thing.
John Thomson  he was Scottish and taking photography of the streets of Paris but he was never as popular as Eugene Atget.
John Thomas was the person who made the change from photographing higher class people to the street photography.

 

The above 2 pictures are by Eugene Atget                                                                                        

 

 

Henri Cartier-Bresson had a reputation the same as Eugene Atget he was a 20th century who liked to take the actions of people he was the one responsible for taking photos at the ideal situation. He's interest was in traditional art  and this was an influence for him, this comes through in his timing and technique.

        The photo above is by Henri Cartier-Bresson