Intimate Street Photography

Street photography is intense. To me, it is very personal and the moments caught in that fraction of a second is very intimate. Street photography is quite unlike landscape photography where I can spend hours in the silence and quietness of nature, surrounded not be people but by the wonders of nature. That fraction of…

Street photography is intense. To me, it is very personal and the moments caught in that fraction of a second is very intimate. Street photography is quite unlike landscape photography where I can spend hours in the silence and quietness of nature, surrounded not be people but by the wonders of nature.

That fraction of a moment where you catch your subject in a unique situation, a moment that reveals the human aspect of someone you do not know or would probably never see again. A moment that shows those elements of a city that make life tick.

New York City Fine Art Street Photography by Ranjay Mitra

Many times these moments leave a strong feeling with me long after that moment has passed. I have written some of these documentaries and street photography stories, and every time I read them, I go back to those moments in memory.

They have all added something in my life, some nice feelings, some unique ways to look at life and most of all, something to look forward to.

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