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To you, what would be the single most defining attribute of street photography?

49%

78 deviants said The moment.

21%

34 deviants said That it have a strong element of humanity.

18%

28 deviants said That it be candid/unposed.

9 deviants said That it be in black & white.

7 deviants said Other (comment below. remember, SINGLE element)

3 deviants said That it be on film, preferably Tri-X

No deviants said That it be taken with a completely mechanical camera.

Devious Comments

~dskphotography Mar 4, 2009 Professional Photographer

all of the above!! j/k the moment the feel the light but mainly the feel

~aR-Ka Mar 4, 2009

If i have to choose one,it would be the moment...
But the magic moment is when the composition is perfect too.

~shainwiederholt Mar 3, 2009 Photographer

It's kind of the moment, but I mostly think its about the story behind it. To me, the point of photography is to create a visual story of someone to last for as long as the photograph happens to last, so thats what I think is the most important.

~thegiftedones Mar 3, 2009 Professional Photographer

that there is no photographer presence in the photo. It seems as if there is no photographer at all.

`rhapsouldize Mar 2, 2009

i think it's a mix of the moment and an element of humanity.

~whenSmyledoesnttalk Mar 1, 2009 Photographer

Candid/unposed, that makes the moment.

~matamoto Mar 1, 2009

_{the photographer ?}

`bQw Mar 1, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

the photographer isn't an "attribute".

~matamoto Mar 3, 2009

~defiancetotale Mar 1, 2009 Photographer

That it must be Tri-X is a hunk of shit.

I said humanity, but the moment is a runner-up. Candid & black and white are accepted norms but can be broken..

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