Monday, November 7, 2016

Everybody Street

                   Everybody Street is documentary on Netflix that looks at 13 Street Photographers and their work. The documentary shows these artists' work, and also shows them photographing on the street. There are also interviews of the photographers.

                    Some of the photographers really stood out to me as I watched this film. Jill Freedman was an amazing photographer and a very interesting person. She is known for her photographs of firemen and the police force in New York City. She really was able to capture the good hearts of the men that served the city. She was able to get very close to them, and you can tell from her interviews that she was a very tough lady, yet she also had a very good heart. Seeing some things would make her tear up. I feel like I can look up to her with her bravery around dangerous situations.


Ricky Powell was very interesting to watch as a person. He has had a lot of luck with photography famous people, and it seems to be that it is mostly his personality that his gotten him lots of jobs. I believe this can definitely help an artist to connect to the subject, and he did it very well. Also, I really loved how Ricky said he always carries a camera around. 


          Another photographer I found interesting was Jamel Shabazz. He is a black photographer, who photographs mostly black people and other minorities. What I really liked about him was that he actually asked most of his subjects if he could photograph, which in turn gave him smiles. This was very unlike a lot of other street photography, so it made his work stand out. Jamel said that he liked to ask because he felt like that gave him a connection with the subject, and it made him feel trusted as well. This was also much different than other street photographers who were yelled at and sometimes beat up for taking photos without asking. 


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