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Tuffer.com (a group admin) says:
27 Mar 07 - Thanks everyone- some really great photography here! Two smallish items (that I hope will enhance the emphasis on composition):

1) I'm limiting it to 2/day instead of 10/week, in an attempt to make sure people are thoughtful about the "composition" instead of just all street photos taken that week.

2) With a good number of photos now, I'll do some editting soon. No offense intended if I remove a photo. See newest post for more info on my editting theory.

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About Street Composition (Fine Art Street Photography)

In Henri Cartier-Bresson's pre-Magnum days, many of his photos were street photography purely for the sake of abstract composition. The "decisive moment" in those days was not a fleeting emotion or a newsworthy event, it was a moment where the angles and placement of the people, buildings and objects came together as pure aesthetic beauty, a "moment" of still life in the grander world.

This group is about pictures like that. Street, urban and travel photography that is celebrated for the pure aestetics of abstract composition created through the use of the human environment as building blocks of an otherwise fine art photo. It is not just about well composed shots, many good street photos are well composed. This group focuses on the composition as the main subject of the photo, the thing that makes it interesting.

In the beginning, I will edit the group to keep it on topic. As the group grows I may begin editing for quality, but for now, post post post.

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