Street Photography

Street Photography 4 with an Introduction by Michael Ernest Sweet & Exhibition

por: Kujaja Team
Another year has passed, ten thousands of photos were uploaded for the street competitions and we now can proudly present to you the 4th edition of the World Street Photography photo book! Congrats to all who have joined this great project!
It was again a long and hard but also very grateful job reviewing the 20179 photos, 2320 photographers uploaded from 77 countries. The result is the thickest photo book we ever made, containing the crème de la crème of street photography. In the book are 222 inspiring street photos from 160 photographers from 33 countries. Within the 4th World Street Photography book there is also a selection of the projects “The porch” and “Public Transportation”, both great projects which had been going for years and now found a place in the book.
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Newsletter 2017-09-24 | Enamul Kabir's street competition: Coexistence

We are very happy to announce to you that Enamul Kabir's joined the curator team! Enamul alsos has his own competition and his competition will be all about coexistance of humans and animals on the street!

Companion animals are much more important to the people of big cities. In every old or new society, people have and will continue to coexist with animals. The interaction with animals takes places in various forms from necessity to emotional requirements. These are all the ways to friendship. Living in the close surrounding of animals teaches humans humbleness, honesty and sensitivity. There is no way to fool them.
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Newsletter 2017-09-21 | Results of the third WSP5 competition

Another Gigantic street competition has ended, and there were again so many photos, 1285 to be exact. Congrats to all who joined the competition!!

The Kujaja team is not done with nominating the photos yet, but Tim Huynh already did the curating of this competition at WSP.
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Newsletter 2017-09-18 | Fadi BouKaram's street competition Protests

We mentioned before that we think that street photography is life photography, and is about human life on earth, we would like to not only find great juxtapositions and brilliant geometry shot but also life photography with a more social core. While looking for life photography with a social core we found Fadi BouKaram.

Fadi BouKaram has made several series about protest around the world, one of his series is called "Beirut Garbage Crisis" (click here to see and read about it). Which is a great photo serie about the garbage protests in Beirut. An great interview about this serie you can find at youtube here (click)

We are very happy to announce to you that Fadi BouKaram joined the curator team with his own competition and this competition will be all about protest!
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Newsletter 2017-09-16 | Results of the second WSP5 competition

So many great photos were uploaded in the second WSP5 competition! 1240 to be exact. Congrats to all who joined the competition!!

Paulo Abrantes did the curating of this competition for the first time at WSP. He also gave us his very interested notes. We decided to publish them too so you can all see how the curating was done by Paulo.

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Newsletter 2017-09-12 | LGBTQ contest: Queer Life

Jonathan Higbee his second competitions which one is a LGBTQ contest: Queer Life!

What is life like for the queer people of your country? As the fight for LGBTQ equality continues across every inch of the globe, how do your gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender countrymen celebrate their pride, maintain their identity or even just find their community? This groundbreaking photography competition calls for captivating and creative street photography work that conveys the global diversity of the LGBTQ community and the authentic lives they lead around the world.

Unfortunately, many governments consider being gay, or discussing the gay community, a crime. To protect the identity and safety of the queer people living in these hostile locations (and the safety of photographers), we won’t accept images made in the countries listed below into this competition.
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Newsletter 2017-09-09 | Alex Coghe's Social Documentary Series competition

Another special great themed street competition was added to the list; Alex Coghe's Social Documentary Series competition!
Our understanding of the world and our society passes through a real and felt emotional connection with the stories we can find and document. Social documentary photography usually follows a particular topic, it is a documentation of a single story,analyzed in-depth and this requires time. Time and a series of photos.

Also check out the results of the first WSP5 - 1 street competition!
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Newsletter 2017-09-03 | Lauren Welles' Emotions competition

The new World Street Competitions have already been started and of course like any year we will try to do something differently. This year we asked the curators to choose their own theme for a competition. These competitions will run next to the normal WSP competitions. Lauren came up with a great competition idea which starts with a Quote:
“Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph” – Andre Kertesz

On the other hand,

“Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good” – Garry Winogrand - Lauren Welles' Emotions competition
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Newsletter 2017-08-09 | Vinod Babu's Workes competition

Vinod Babu: In our day to day busy life, we often keep missing out to recognize people who are out there working. Right from your maid who works at your house to a person across the road drilling to fix a broken sewer line. Especially in India, a country which still needs a lot of support and welfare measures towards its working class so, do treat this as an opportunity to look around, interact and bring out the stories of those hidden gems.
- Vinod Babu's Workes competition
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Newsletter 2017-08-04 | Chris Suspect's Concert / Party

For Chris Suspect has been making so many great photos from concerts parties and festivals, we asked Chris to do a party competition. You might of course think, is a concert or a party or a festival street photography? For we consider street photography being life photography, which is photography reflecting our daily life as humans on earth, it is of course street photography.
Chris Suspect's Concert / Party / Festival "street" competition
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Newsletter 2017-07-28 | Siegfried Hansen's Urban Geometry competition

The new World Street Competitions have already been started and of course like any year we will try to do something differently. This year we asked the curators to choose their own theme for a competition. These competitions will run next to the normal WSP competitions. Siegfried Hansen of course wanted to do his favourite theme in street Photography: Urban Geometry.
- Siegfried Hansen's Urban Geometry competition
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Newsletter 2017-07-23 | Jonathan Higbee's Juxtaposition competition

We are totally proud to announce to you that our 4th World Street Photography Photo book is out now and can be ordered at World Street Photography. The book contains 222 inspiring street photos from 160 photographers from 36 countries. The intro of the book is written by Michael Ernest Sweet and is a must read! The cover of the book is made by Ed Robertson and the back is made by Michał Orliński
Within the 4th World Street Photography book there is also a selection of the projects “The porch” and “Public Transportation”, both great projects which had been going for years and now found a place in the book. - Jonathan Higbee's Juxtaposition competition
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Francesco Segantini Interview
People, Cities, World Travel

Interviewed by Bailey Cooper
Segantini lives in Perugia, Italy. He studied Natural Science at the university so his photographic journey began with nature and landscape photography. However, because of his love for people and their special moments, Francesco found that he actually preferred street photography. Segantini is a world traveler. Though he enjoys learning about the people and cultures in the cities he visits, he loves visiting the small villages of Italy.
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Keiichi Ichikawa Interview
Nouvelle Vague, Juxtaposition, and Whimsy

Interviewed by Bailey Cooper
Keiichi Ichikawa is a self-employed designer. Though relatively new to street photography, Keiichi has wholly embraced the genre and street photography lifestyle. His images are filled with light and shadow play, urban geometry, and strong contrast. Keiichi's work also often includes clever juxtapositions and even a bit of whimsy. He is that rare photographer who is instantly identified with a single click of the mouse.
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Roza Vulf Interview
The Path Less Traveled

Interviewed by Bailey Cooper
Lithuanian born Roza Vulf is a self-taught street photographer based in Rome, Italy. She has been published in Vogue Italia, and recently participated in two London exhibitions: Cityscapes Festival and Kupala Night Artist’s ‘CUP’. In a photo genre that has been dominated by males for years, Roza is carving out a place for herself in street photography and is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with, as you will see.
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