Interviews with masters and advanced amateurs
Overview
“The art and science of street photography” is a rare collection of interviews with well-known and recognized masters of the genre and advanced amateurs from around the world, at once an uplifting and practical book.
Among the interviewees are Eric Kogan, USA; Gustavo Minas, Brazil; Richard Bram, USA — UK; Tavepong Pratoomwong, Thailand; Julie Hrudová, the Netherlands; Mathias Wasik, Poland — USA; Angelo Ferrillo, Italy; Marcin Ryczek, Poland, and others. In total, there are more than 20 photographers from more than 15 countries mostly in America, Europe, and Asia. They will share their inspiring stories, useful tips, and life philosophy with you in a variety of formats that will keep you engaged while reading. These are Q&As on portfolios, behind-the-scenes narratives of the best shots, examples of photo projects, essay on repetition, NYC collective profile, advice, and long-form interviews.
The book will be useful for beginners and advanced amateurs, as well as anyone who wants to master one of the easiest and most popular genres of photography. It will spark your photographic creativity and help you to get first shots in your portfolio.
I would add something very important to the rule of 10 percent talent and 90 percent hard work, like knowing myself and recognizing what I want to do and why. It concerns everything in our lives, not just photography.
— Marcin Ryczek, photographer, Kraków, Poland
Author
Ivan Kuznetsov — outdoor journalist, editor and writer, co-founder of Panoramica creative studio in the Italian Alps.
He comes from a family of amateur photographers and has been taking photographs since 2004, when his father gifted him an analog “Olympus Mju II” camera before he went to the United States for three months on the Work & Travel USA cultural exchange program for students. He started doing street photography more seriously in 2017 after he made his first interviews for this book and bought his first smartphone.
He has authored more than 200 interviews in total with various famous and local people on travel, outdoors, nature, creativity, communities, and other related topics. Thanks to internet, his geography of publications covers the globe from Alaska to New Zealand and from Patagonia to the Russian Far East for local and leading international media and blogs.
All formats
Highlights
• 20+ stories
• 75+ photos by links
• 7 formats
• 15+ countries
• NYC Street Photography Collective
• Reads like a manual
Contents
Author
Map
Introduction
1. Portfolios
Akkara Naktamna, Thailand
Chu Việt Hà, Vietnam
Eric Kogan, USA
Gustavo Minas, Brazil
Nils Jorgensen, UK
2. Behind-the-scenes stories
Dzesika Devic, Canada
Peter Kool, Belgium
Richard Bram, UK
Tavepong Pratoomwong, Thailand
3. Photo projects
Alexei Domrachev, Russia
Giedo Van der Zwan, the Netherlands
Ryosuke Takamura, Japan
4. Essay on repetition
Julie Hrudová, Czechia — the Netherlands
5. NYC collective profile
Jorge Garcia, USA
Laura Fontaine, Italy — USA
Mathias Wasik, Poland — USA
Rex Kandhai, USA
Salim Hasbini, USA
Steven Davis, USA
Youngjae Lim, South Korea — USA
6. Advice
Angelo Ferrillo, Italy
7. Interviews
Marcin Ryczek, Poland
Zoltán Vancsó, Hungary
Conclusion
Photos
Acknowledgements
Catalog
Note on photos: the images above are a few examples of photographers’ work, who authorized their use. The book doesn’t include more photos so as not to infringe on other authors’ copyrights. But in the ebook you will find links to 75+ pictures on the photographers’ sites, blogs and social media, that is still quite convenient. However, the paperback version doesn’t include these images above and links — anyway, they are useless on the paper. You can find them on this separate Street photography links page. Open it while reading a book. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Media
“Unlock the secrets of street photography: Author’s interview” — Aboutphotography.blog
Reviews
It’s a lovely little paperback, something to dip into.
— David Gibson, author of “100 great street photographs” , UK
This is super cool!
— Christine Kemp, co-founder of “Candid City” street photography collective in San Francisco, USA
The book looks absolutely amazing. I didn’t realize how big it was! Congratulations on putting together such a beautiful piece. It is well designed and feels good.
— Dzesika Devic, interviewee, Canada
I’m enthusiastic about the idea! It was very nice to go back in time six years and see that my vision on photography is still the same.
— Giedo van der Zwan, interviewee, The Netherlands
I just had a peek and it looks great.
— Mathias Wasik, interviewee, USA
I’m glad the my interview was published in this form.
— Marcin Ryczek, interviewee, Poland
All book data
• Title: The art and science of street photography: Interviews with masters and advanced amateurs
• Author and interviewer: Ivan Kuznetsov
• Publisher: Panoramica
• Date of first publication: August 1, 2024
• Language: English
• Translation from Russian and Italian to English: Ivan Kuznetsov
• Editor: Ivan Kuznetsov
• Cover and layout design: Ivan Kuznetsov
• E-book: mobi, epub, 30 MB, with an illustration and 7 color photos
• Paper book: 215 pages, 12.7 x 20.32 cm (5 x 8 in), soft glossy cover, creamy paper, b&w print with an illustration and a photo
• Print run: print-on-demand
• Foreign rights: available for purchase for all languages, countries, and formats
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