Street Photography

UPDATE 2: Official word from Representative Nuovo:

A few years ago, the photography world and the general public were wowed by the discovery of over 100,000 negatives left behind by a quiet nanny named Vivian Maier who spent most of her life documenting life on the sidewalks of New York and Chicago. However, recently, there has been another discovery of a film stockpile, all of which were shot by an unassuming photo hobbyist.

For many photographers, approaching strangers on the street is so anxiety-producing that they either opt for paparazzi-style candid’s, or avoid street photography all together. But for Brandon Stanton, photographing strangers on the street is a daily mission. After losing his job as a bond trader in Chicago, Stanton moved to New York and started his “Humans of New York” street photography project.

It’s an idea that’s fallen out of fashion at weddings: leaving disposable cameras out for guests to take candid and posed shots of each other. Which is why Katie O'Beirne’s disposable camera art project is surprising, especially in a time when everyone is obsessively documenting their every meal and facial expression with their iPhones and point and shoot cameras.