“We always walk with an optimistic spirit and an open mind”
Gustavo Rosas and Gonzalo Gómez from Montevideo, Uruguay, about their project “Shot” and their approach in Street Photography.
Author: Andreas Ott
I’m always in my car as most Angelinos people are
Marco Franchina from L.A. about his project “Curbside”, photographed out of his car window in the city with the most Drive-by shootings in the world.
A Tale of City Hong Kong
“Live life and make photographs, not make photographs to live life”. Michelle Chan, photographer from Hong Kong, about her series and her motto for photography.
A very productive afternoon in Coney Island
Mathias Wasik, member of the New York City Street Photography Collective NYC-SPC, spend a very productive afternoon in Coney Island.
The saddest city in America?
James Featherstone photographs life in St. Petersburg, ‘the saddest city in America’* to deepen his perception of the country.
Where people are together
“Where people are together, but actually on their own.” Vladimir Stepanov captures people’s emotions in the Moscow subway.
The warmth of sicilian people
Francesco D’Alonzo takes us on a dive through Vucciria and Ballarò Market in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Jack Simon’s streets of San Francisco
Jack Simon takes us on a four hour dive through the streets of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Jonathan Pui doesn’t let the sun go down
Australian Street Photographer shoots people in the low orange sunlight that shines directly down all of Sydney’s Market Street
The lives of strangers
“I love photographing on the streets because I like to capture people who walk around in my day.” Sofie Gheysens dives into the lives of strangers.
The robotic predictability of London life
Streetmax21 captures the robotic predictability of life in the city of London, made strangely seductive by the formality of its inhabitants.
2017 Contest winners and finalists
So here there are. The winners and finalists from this years Urban Street Diving Contest in cooperation with RAW Streetphoto Gallery Rotterdam.
It might have been just plain luck
Zisis Kardianos and his experience of blending in the crowd of young and uncontrolled tourists.
Anang Hanafi dives for cliche life activities
Anang Hanafi kindly share with us some photos from his ongoing street photography series ‘Fragmentary’.
During Frédéric Saez lunch break
During his lunch break, Frédéric Saez went street diving around La Madeleine, Paris.
Julie Hrudova and the life of herons
Julie Hrudova is documenting the life of herons at Albert Cuyp Market, the most popular market in Amsterdam and in the Netherlands.
One day I bumped into Matsuyoshi san
Adam Isfendiyar and the experience of sleeping on the street with the homeless in Tokyo.
Roy Rozanski’s dive for characters and atmosphere
Roy Rozanski dived for unique characters and atmosphere at Carmel market in his hometown Tel Aviv.
Dutch front yards – what you see is what you get!
Willem de Kam and Joost Leek are documenting the Dutch way of life by photographing often excessively decorated front yards.
Michele Berlingeri absorbs the laziness of peaceful waters
Michele Berlingeri takes us on a street dive around Rialto Bridge, in a time of year where this city is still asleep and therefore so different as we all know it. Venice!