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I don't really understand why anyone would have a problem with street photography.
For me personally, photography is more about history and archival than "art".
I can appreciate the artistic side of photography, and I have no problem with people who enjoy taking portraits or whatever.
But that isn't why I fell in love with it.
I fell in love with Photography because I've always had this weird obsession with time and history. I never want to forget anything.
Street Photography is important because it captures the every-man. It captures life. It is how things were at a certain place in a certain time.
I'm surprised that more people in this thread aren't talking about that. You're all just circlejerking about photos being "artsy".
I like to walk around on the sidewalk and take pictures of people because I hope that in 100-200-300 years someone will look at my picture and say "Hmm, that is what people in the 2020s looked like." "Hmm, this is what Chicago in the 2020s looked like"
The same way that we look back at old street photos today. Its archival. And for many of us who aren't models getting our portraits taken, its our only chance at immortality.
