Text and picture Eki Qushay Akhwan
As I Was saying yesterday, urban photography is esentially about finding "order" in what looks like a chaotic realities of urban life. Patterns are one thing that we can look for. Another thing that we can look for to comprehend the chaos is the human elements - their activities, their day to day struggles in navigating the hustle and bustle of a city, etc. Unlike the geometric or "still life" elements, the human factor tells the story of a city through motions (and emotions).
The focus on the human element is, I think, where urban photography intersects with street photography.
I took the scene in the above photo on Jalan Suniaraja (Suniaraja Street), Bandung. Three human figures in the photo depict motions of different kinds symbolic of their stuggles in finding their ways to their uban existence.
2 comments:
I am learning so much! This photo is simple yet tells a lot.
You are a very good teacher Eki. Good explanations that are easy to understand and very good examples. I guess we teachers are always teaching. @:}
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