Street photography is a genre of photography that captures candid moments of everyday life in public places — usually streets, parks, markets, or public transportation.

Here’s a breakdown of what it’s about:

• 📸 Subject matter: People, scenes, and interactions in public spaces. It often focuses on spontaneous, unposed moments that reveal something about human life or society.

• 🏙️ Setting: Typically urban environments, but it can be anywhere, even countryside. It’s the World Outside.

• 🧠 Purpose: To tell stories, document culture, or show the beauty (and sometimes chaos) of ordinary life. But in a Poetic way

• 🎨 Style: Often black and white, but not always. Composition, timing, and emotion are key. Colours, with a twist…

• ⚡ Hallmark traits:

  • Candid (not staged or directed)

  • Observational rather than intrusive

  • Focused on “the decisive moment” — a term popularized by Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the most famous street photographers