Introduction to Street Photography
Course final project
A course by Gustavo Minas , Photographer
About the final project for: Introduction to Street Photography
Introduction to Street Photography
“Thank you for accompanying me until the end of this course. I hope the course has inspired you to see the daily life of your city in a slightly different way. We talk a little about my work and what inspires me as a photographer. We saw the equipment I use, studied photographic language, and had an idea of how to treat your photos. We put all this into practice on the streets of São Paulo and concluded with the editing of a short essay thinking about ways to publish it in print or on the internet. For the Final Project, I produced images for five days in São Paulo. The series of ten photos can be seen as a visual representation of a day in the metropolis, with images taken in the morning, afternoon and night, in places such as Avenida Paulista, Centro, and Pinheiros. The images bring elements always present in my work, such as natural light and reflections, applied to scenes that I found and that suggest short stories about the city and its inhabitants. This is a part of the process of creating my essay with the result of one of the ten photos we saw during the course: Going out on the streets.
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“Final project We have reached the end of this course. It was a pleasure to share what makes street photography such an engaging and fascinating process. I hope the course has inspired you to look and photograph your daily life, your neighborhood or the way to your work. In this course, you got to know my work and what inspires me as a photographer. We talk about references and building a repertoire to enhance the look of those who shoot on the street. I presented the main elements of the photographic language and I showed the importance of exploring the lights, shadows and reflections. I sh...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Street Photography
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Areas
Documentary Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography
Gustavo Minas
A course by Gustavo Minas
Gustavo Minas was born in Cássia, a small town in the interior of Minas Gerais in 1981. He graduated in Journalism at the State University of Londrina, studied language and history of photography with Carlos Moreira in São Paulo and, since 2009, has been photographing the daily life of the cities he visits.
He currently works as a freelance journalist and photographer in Brasilia and teaches workshops in Brazil and abroad. In 2017, his series 'Rodoviária' won the Picture of the Year LATAM award in the category "The Future of Cities" and in 2019 he launched his first book "Maximum Shadow Minimal Light" in Hamburg.
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