Chris Weeks titled a series of videos on street photography, DOCUMENTING THE HUMAN CONDITION. For me that statement is the defining criteria for shooing street. To document the Human Condition a street photograph needs to tell a story. This is usually difficult in a single photograph without knowing something else. A hard lesson for me was learning that a human did not always need to be present to document the Human Condition. Signs are a great example.
This pair of signs sort of hit me in the gut, as I have been working with a group of homeless guys. ( I intend to bring them to you in the future if they allow it). What these signs say to me is; “ I am willing to help you a little, but you must explicitly follow my rules and my standards. You are to have no personal traits. Then and only then I will let you in the back door.”
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