The photographer's luck is in the street: the pictures of the week
There are good photo motifs everywhere, you just have to have enough patience and the right approach.
(Image: K P K)
- Tom Leon Zacharek
Street photography has become increasingly popular lately, as it allows photographers to capture authentic everyday situations. Many of our gallery photographers also use the genre to capture special moments or to visualize their view of the world. In this week's pictures, we would like to show you some of the most beautiful images.
(Image: Gernot Schwarz)
Gernot Schwarz took this snapshot called Ruhrort with his iPhone. Two little girls are walking down the sidewalk, arm in arm. The picture tells a wonderful story that completes itself in the mind of the viewer. The childlike lightness of a free afternoon, the umbrella above their heads and the chalk images on the paving slabs suitably underline the scene and offer plenty of scope for interpretation.
(Image: K P K)
"The photo Talking II was taken during a photographers' meeting I organized with around 40 participants from various European countries. The pedestrian bridge between two government buildings is one of the motifs I like to revisit every time I visit Berlin. The strict geometric structures of the bridge are broken up here by the two people talking to each other. The cloudless sky supports the minimalist impression of the picture," says Klaus-Peter Kubik (K P K) about his minimalist shot.
(Image: offramp)
The man comes around byofframpshows very nicely how you can create a successful composition with hard contrasts between light and shadow. The urban scene appears to have been taken in an underground parking garage or underpass. Bicycles lean against a railing that leads the eye through the picture to the right. There, the viewer discovers the silhouette of a person walking. It lends the shot dynamism and a human element. The use of black and white is a classic for the harsh contrasts that often arise in bright daylight. The reflection of the light in the ceiling beams gives structure to the surface of the ceiling, which sinks into black.
(Image: Reiner von der Schlei)
"In 1968 [...] I had discovered photography for myself and oriented myself towards the photographer group 'fotoform', got to know one of the members, Peter Keetman, and from then on threw myself into the urban events of Munich, was constantly on the lookout for the hustle and bustle and its protagonists. I got down on my knees to portray the scene at eye level with the musician. While passers-by pushed between us and hurried past, I captured this moment with a clear view of the banjo player. The moment itself was nothing special at the time, but the way it was portrayed was. Many people took pictures from above, but I found this perspective much more interesting," says Reiner Weber (Reiner von der Schlei) about his photo of the Town Musician.
(Image: Booorn)
The picture Stonehenge Spring 2013 by Björn Fey (Booorn) was included in this week's selection by chance. Since the creator of the actually selected picture deleted it shortly before publication, the system selected a random photo from the gallery.
Although Björn Fey last uploaded a picture to the c't photo gallery in 2014 and despite the long time between upload and selection, the photographer wrote us an email and recalled how the picture was taken back then: "That was a very long time ago. Back then, I was looking for a way to show Stonehenge in a nice light. As the sun was setting relatively well behind Stonehenge in March 2013 and the weather was also clear, I went to a hill about 50 meters away and unpacked the 70-200. The position at the top of the hill makes it look like you're at eye level with the stones, which are themselves standing on a hill."
(Image: Joachim Kopatzki)
Checkmate, empty bottle by Joachim Kopatzki is a snapshot of a scene he discovered in a small mountain village on Crete. Images from a bird's eye view and with clear patterns have long been part of the gallery photographer's style. Here, too, the realization is well done and tells a story at the same time. It begins with the apparent contradiction between the clear pattern of the chessboard and the jumbled bottles on it. What happened before that and what happens next is left to the viewer's imagination.
"On the outskirts of a small village, I saw the chess set as I drove past. I drove on and after about five kilometers I turned around and drove back to take the photo," recalls the photographer.
(Image: Addi Beck)
Addi Beck depicts the UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklingen Ironworks in a slightly different way in his picture Steelworks. The building appears blurred and is barely recognizable. It looks as if it is collapsing in on itself. The effect of movement that the photographer has integrated into his image emphasizes the size of the building and the chimney and creates a dynamic that arouses the viewer's interest.
"The original picture was taken during an excursion to the Völklingen Ironworks in 2020. At that time, the photographic focus was on rust and structures. As part of a reworking of some of the images, I cropped this image in 16:9 format due to the numerous vertical lines and added the wiper effect and a white frame in Photoshop," the photographer wrote to us.
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