Scrolling through The Guardian’s homepage one afternoon I stumbled across an article on street photography by Anita Chaudhuri. It was part of the paper’s ‘Get Better for 2019’ series. Anita explains in the piece how she went on a workshop with Valerie Jardin in Paris to help her become a better street photographer. Needless to say I was inspired. My interest in street photography has grown in recent years. I love the way it can capture the beauty, routine and vulnerability of everyday life. On occasion I’ve enjoyed taking to streets with my Fujifilm x70 but I’ve never had opportunity to learn more about the art and receive feedback on my shots.
So a couple days later after reading the article I hit the internet to search for nearby workshops (Paris is slightly beyond my budget). I immediately found StreetSnappers, run by Brian Lloyd Duckett, and he runs workshops in places such as Lisbon, Liverpool and — to my delight — London. His photos are ace and the reviews of the workshop are very positive. So I booked up and last Saturday I headed to London. There were six of us in total on the workshop. It was a great day. I learned a lot and came away suitably inspired to get onto the streets more often and with purpose. Even the rain provided opportunity to be more creative with our photos! A selection of photographs from the day are below. Enjoy!
