>>3682851very interesting read. As a purist myself I sympathize a lot with the way they are romanticizing the whole art of street photography. however by being so heavily opinionated about the whole process it makes it very uninviting to newcomers. You see a lot of strong and almost dogmatic opinions laid out in this text:
>you must shoot film>you must use a rangefinder>Leica is the bestas someone who only owns a DSLR and wanting to get into street photography it tells me that what I will be doing is not "pure" street photography. I understand the text is not aimed at beginners and is more of an ode to the art form itself, but this amount of gate-keeping doesn't feel productive to the preservation of this art. Maybe this is what the author intended, to keep the form as close to his ideal as possible, and in this case he succeeded in conveying that message.
I think in the end, I will still go out and try out street photography with my big bulky DSLR, even if it makes me miss some shots, or that it might remove the essence from the photographs. This is an argument that has been said countless times about digital photography and is not specific to street photography. throughout my journey I will keep this text in mind as an ideal to build towards but I won't let it stop me from trying out new things, even if my gear isn't perfectly adapted. Just go out and shoot.
