Street Photography
Street photography is an interesting thing. It is often tough to wonder when you are intruding by taking someone's picture. Here is a great video that shows how two people are taking the task of street photography and showing how it can be used in such a way as to respect an entire neighborhood and be able to tell its story.
I finally got time to edit some more video from my U.S. tour this summer. I didn't shoot quite as much as I had planned, but it was still enough to create a story about two talented photographers, Brad Evans and Travis Jensen, as I got to know them on my trip. In the process I developed a lot of respect for their photography.
They spent a year shooting and then creating a photo journal about San Francisco's Tenderloin district. It's a very underserved neighborhood that many consider as rough on the edges. I spent a lot of time there, but I didn't shoot too much because it can be dangerous to visit and play tourist with a camera. Travis used to live in the Tenderloin as a young man and both him and Brad have a good understanding and awareness of the area's dynamics.
Instead of showing only the bad side of the neighborhood that other photographers have emphasized in the past, Brad and Travis were determined to portray the area's positive aspects.
The book's profits are donated to a social charity in the neighborhood that helps at-risk youth living on the street.
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