civilized ku # 3039-41 / kitchen life # 79 / in situ - life goes on ~ little of this, a little of that

alley with tire tracks and green dumpster ~ Downtown Montreal, QC., CA • click to embiggen
stuff on Japanese tray ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
a fine particulate snowfall ~ vieux port / Old Montreal / Montreal, QC., CA. • click to embiggen

I am hard at work making a book - Shutterfly has a up to 50% off sale with an extra 20% discount - for my street photography / people work. I have whittled the work down to 36 pictures (from well over 100). There may be some additional paring down but I am essentially where I want to be, number of pictures wise.

I also believe that I am where I want to be, title wise. As mentioned in yesterdays's entry, I wasn't exactly sure that the pictures fit into a convenient genre descriptor so I wasn't comfortable incorporating the word "street" or "people" photography in a title - by no means were all of the pictures made "on the street" and, while people are featured in every picture, the pictures are more than just about people.

So, my title has evolved to be IN SUTI ~ life goes on.

All of those issues solved, I'll move on to the next one ...

one of these things is not sorta like the other

... traditionally, most, but certainly not all, picturing in the decisive moment / street photography genre is made in B/W. While it's not exactly a comprehensive survey, nevertheless, a Google search using the phrase street photography and then clicking on Images for street photography will demonstrate my point.

However, on the image page you will find a sub-category link for color work which demonstrates that the B/W tradition is no longer sacrosanct. It's worth noting that the BW barrier in Fine Art photography was blown all to hell and back with Eggleston's 1976 MOMA exhibition.

It is also worth noting that prior to that paradigm shifting event, there were a few picture makers (very, very few) who worked in the street photography genre with the use of color film. Most notable was Saul Leiter whose 1950-60s NYC street photography work has only recently been accepted into the pantheon of all-time great street photography practitioners.

In any event, I have given some thought to converting my work to monochrome. Not very likely ... probably ... but I have thought about it.