Street Photography Now

For the last twenty years the candid photography of life in public hasbeen mostly underground but secretly flourishing, stimulated by thewide availability of digital cameras, a profusion of photoblogs, and newself-publishing opportunities. Street Photography Now showcases the work of forty-six image-makerswho are notable for their candid depictions of life on the streets and inthe subway, in shopping malls and movie theaters, on beaches and inparks. Four thought-provoking essays put the work into the wider contextof what has gone before, while quotes from the photographersexpand and illuminate their work and draw attention to their influencesand ways of working. Included are luminaries such as Magnum grandmasters Bruce Gilden,Martin Parr, and Alex Webb, as well as an international group of emergingphotographers whose views of New York or Tokyo, Mumbai orBournemouth, Istanbul or Dakar, all record moments in time thatwill never be repeated.