Stephen Bowater is a Melbourne based street photography enthusiast.

"A photograph is a perspective on reality. A photographer presents a reality based on their opinions, moods, beliefs, agendas, or simply if and when they choose to push the shutter."

Website: allegedrealities.com

Instagram: @allegedrealities

Flickr: flickr.com/photos/stevebowater/

Brett Florence is a Melbourne based photographer who is going through a bit of a black and white phase.

“Incorporating people’s daily activities into a high contrast, dramatic environment really interests me at the moment. Shooting in black and white seems to help me achieve that”

"My journey to photography developed with my growing interest in travelling. I have been shooting street in Melbourne for about 12 months now  I shoot street in colour or black and white, whatever scene catches my eye at any moment. I particularly like shooting on rainy days."

Instagram: @adtamo

Mike Reed has always had a camera, at the ready in his hand. His working life was as a film editor of TV Commericals has made him see life at 25 frames per sec and faster. Quick , mercurial and short lived .

Mike Reed is an antenna for ideas…for interesting-ness.

A fisher of images.

A wanderer of back streets because life from ’behind’ can be more savoury.

Waiting , wishing, watching …while quoting what Raghu Rai ( Magnum Photographer) said..."I wait...(pointing skyward) and He performs"

Mike finds Melbourne emulates a wonderful global delicatessen within its leafy and concrete ‘aisles’ as roads and ever festooning glass displays as in buildings. Therein resides an exotic and diverse populace which provides stimulating flavours, strange customs , behaviours, occurrences and quirky human characters .

All this fusion from confusion serves to provide exciting concoctions unequalled anywhere especially for Mike as he seeks the unusual moment, the juxta-pose , the eclectic electric snap of this delectable cosmos.

Web Page: http://www.mikereedphotography.com

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictomentoes/

Instagram: @mikereedphoto

Mario Mirabile, Photographer

Mario Mirabile been involved in photographic art since the early eighties.

Mario is based in Melbourne and practices many styles of photography, but sees himself primarily as an observer and interpreter of the built environment through stylized street photography and urban landscape work. He is drawn to and motivated by the compositional constructs of the natural and un-natural geometry which surrounds us, and can often be found in Melbourne’s streets and laneways, seeking out the graphic backdrops he favours in his images.

Mario is an active member of the Caulfield Photographic Society and the Australian Photographic Society.

Email:            mario.mirabile@gmail.com
Website:       www.miralightimaging.com
Instagram:    @mario.mirabile
500px:           mariomirabile

I'm a Melbourne based street photographer with a fondness for laneways, backstreets and highways in particular.

Perhaps my favourite part of photographing street is the search for the next photo. It's very meditative. You're focused completely on your surroundings, not distracted or thinking about anything else. Just moving from moment to moment, hoping to catch an interesting shot.

Thanks for taking the time to check out some of my photos. Maybe I'll see you on the street.

Instagram: @urbanstreetjournal

Born in Switzerland, Oliver Altermatt re-entered the world of photography in 2018, after a lengthy break.

His first camera, a Yashica  was gifted to him at the age of 12. A dark room followed soon after and many happy hours were spent developing and printing black and white images. His mentor Alain Stouder (1st price Hasellblad winner 974) from Switzerland inspired Oliver for many years to come. 

The start of the digital world was the end of Oliver’s commitment to go on with the art of photography.

His passion for photography inspired him to enrol in the Advanced Diploma of Photography course at PSC (Photography Studies College, Melbourne).

He regularly attends Melbourne Camera Club, and has won a few small awards.
Oliver is on an amazing journey discovering different genres with a strong focus on street photography, portrait and travel.

He is looking forward in participating at the exhibition “Shot in the Heart of Melbourne 2020.

Website: www.oliveraltermatt.com

Instagram: @oaltermatt

Instagram: @oaltermattportrait1

Instagram: @zoonabar

Website: www.zoonabar.com

Alan Thexton has been photographing on the streets of Melbourne on and off since the 1970s. Alan moved to the Mornington Peninsula in 2015 and now mainly photographs in the local area and sometimes still makes the occasional trip into Melbourne CBD.

Webpage: athex-photographs.weebly.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/athexphotographs

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/111516195@N05/

I started photography in about 2000 in Melbourne, but it took a few years till I got my eye, and started to develop my style.

Walking the streets of Melbourne in the early 2000’s, shooting film, was a good way to learn the light, observe the people, it was a much different scene to todays hectic pace.

I worked for the suburban news papers, and the daily’s as a freelancer, but it wasn’t my scene, street photography, documentary, portraiture, was where my passion was, doing things for my self.

I prefer to do longer term projects and series, taking anywhere from a few months to many years, and showing and exhibiting my work, in various forms each year.

I have exhibited since 2000, with over 5 solo exhibitions in Australia, and New Zealand, and group exhibitions in China, the USA, and Europe.

My work has been featured on ABC television Melbourne, Nine network nationally, SBS -T.V. radio national in New Zealand, shown several times in the Aukland International Photofestival projections, featured in Lens Culture, and in print publications Australia and internationally.

I started the slide shows in the 2000’s for Arts and Media Union in Melbourne, and showed work at the Walkley’s projections festival in Sydney.

On top of this, I did a couple of stints of study at Northern Met TAFE college, and worked for a short time, as a commercial photography assistant. Why not try everything???

Collections of my work are held by the National Library of Australia, Canberra. The National War Memorial ACT, and the multicultural centre Melbourne, as well as private collections.

I look for the light, shadow, and the people in an image, and tend to observe more, rather than shoot too much.

I have been a member of the Videre collective, Sydney Australia, since 2019.

Tony Reddrop.

https://www.instagram.com/tonyreddrop/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_reddrop/albums

http://www.viderecollective.com/photographers/tony-reddrop/

Jen Fawkes is a Melbourne based club photographer, who has always loved roaming the streets in search of simple stories that document and display the current face of our everyday world. She is a self-taught photographer with a love of black and white, with just a smattering of colour.

This love has included the street art that adorns our walls and spaces, inviting us to look at the legal, and illegal, art created by the hidden society of street artists. Over the past 5 years she had documented the changing face of Hosier Lane, with records of artwork that are no longer visible.

In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Jen commenced a portfolio titled ‘Empty Melbourne’, documenting the vast empty spaces that were once our busy city of Melbourne, during the 2020 pandemic.

Rob is an aerospace engineer who enjoys challenges with several degrees of freedom, requiring a mix of technical skill and creativity. His addiction to photography began three years ago and it has given him a far greater appreciation of his home town of Melbourne. For him, the street provides endless opportunities for aesthetic appeal, narrative intent and humour - opportunities which change with every step and every passing second.

Instagram: @robcurtinphoto

I'm a Melbourne-based documentary photographer interested in the interplay between people and their environment. In a world that is increasingly dominated by moving images, I'm fascinated by the power of a single frame to tell a story.

In terms of influences I'm more Trent Parke than Bruce Gilden; preferring to explore the story told by light and shadow rather than focus on individual actors in the street. I'm also keenly aware of the ethical tightrope street photographers must walk: to document the flow of everyday life while remaining respectful to those whose intersecting lives make up that flow.

Instagram: @urban_obscurite

My interest in photography came from my love of travel and interest in exploring urban areas. I am based in Melbourne and frequently explore the CBD.

I shoot mostly in colour and enjoy looking for interesting light and scenes. Photography provides me an opportunity to share how I envision and see the world. around me.

Instagram: nicholas_luke93

I am based in Sydney and have been shooting casually for many years. I enjoy travel and have tried to record most of those trips in photo books for the family. Over the past 6 or so years I have become more involved in my photography. I was a member of the now sadly defunct Fairfax Clique group and through that became a member of a small but incredibly talented Facebook group, some of whom are in AASPI.

When I started shooting many years ago there was only film so I naturally learned all about f stops and light and exposure.

My first camera, like many photographers, was a Kodak Box Brownie and I still have some shots taken with it. I then graduated to a 35mm Praktica SLR and quite a few cameras since. When I look at a number of those old photos I surprisingly find that they are shots that I would be quite happy to have taken today, e.g photos of speakers in the Sydney Domain where my grandfather took me when I was 14 or so. I guess that the attraction of street photography has always been lurking in my subconscious.

I am happiest taking photos of people in their environment, sometimes just ordinary people doing ordinary things. I like to capture that moment in time when a person is in a particular environment or space. I am happy to find a place and wait for that not known person to inhabit it. They may not be there again but they were once there, and I have captured that moment.

Contact: foto_graphicus@ozemail.com.au

Awards

RAS Sydney Portrait Prize 2016 – First place

RAS Sydney Portrait Prize 2017/18 – second and third places

Clique – Finalist 2017

Australian Photography – winner Best Shot competition

(Highly commended and published on other occasions).

Photographer of the year – Highly commended and commended

Mono Photographer of the year – finalist and highly commended

Tokyo International Photog. Comp – Hon. Mentions

IPA - International Photography Awards (US) – Hon. Mentions (8)

Australian Photographic Society (6 gallery acceptances)

Fremantle International Portrait Prize 2019 (4th place & Excellence Award)

Exhibitions

Project 7:30 Street- Sydney 2019

Fremantle International Portrait Prize 2019

SITHOM 2019

RAS Sydney 2015 to 2019

Sydney Maritime Museum nautical gallery 2017

My love of photography started very young in life and eventuated to working professionally in the late 1970’s and 80’s. I received mixed commissions in fashion spreads, events, theatre, music promotion and magazine work. In the early days of magazine work I was sent out to capture candid images of people attending music venues and clubs. Stalking and anticipating patrons having a good time often resulted with spontaneous and controversial images for the weekly social pages. Attempting to be “invisible” with my camera and flash wasn’t easy however I learned some valuable skills for Street Photography.I wouldn’t have said that I was a great commercial photographer at the age of twenty five however my spontaneous approach and zest for creating something different was very helpful.

Being self taught I often flew by the seat of my pants loving every minute of it, especially working in black and white.

I ended up working for a large commercial outfit managing their black and white lab, pumping out prints. It was all advertising work from washing machines to cars.Eventually I lost the creative context of my own artistic photography expression and my personal existential crisis saw me walking away from photography altogether.

After a couple of careers I established myself in the Counselling area and worked with complex addiction and homelessness issues. Photography became my self care process which then proceeded to take over every bit of my spare time.

I have a great interest in Humans and not only in community work. Photography and Humans go hand in hand. The Street is where I can observe Humans in their environment and capture meaningful stories which help me make sense of reality.

The images in my gallery are a kind of retrospective from between 2012 -2016. More recently I have been developing my methods and workflow for capturing candid Street images and other Urban abstractions.

Exhibitions

Threads of Silk 1982, Black and White

City of Perth “Identities” a collaboration - 1985 Exhibition (Commissioned B&W Portraits)

Perth Centre For Photography, Joint Exhibition Cottesloe 1979

Ken Abrahams

I’ve been introduced with analog camera since 2002 and exposed with Robert Capa artworks. In 2008, I wanted to study Bachelors degrees in visual arts at Sydney. Since then my journey continues.

I started my photographic journey about 15 years ago walking around the streets of Melbourne, and the wonderful alleys and laneways in our city.

In doing so, I discovered a treasury of art that was otherwise hidden. Street art by artists that are now famous and known internationally, names such as Adnate, Rone and Kaffeine come to mind. Sadly, a lot of this “public” art has been defaced or painted over.

I was also fascinated by the people of our wonderful city and, Architecture both old and new, the way that Melbourne was changing and growing.

My influencers have been photographers like Bruce Gilden, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gary Winograd and Vivian Maier and my friend Dominic Sansoni.

I enjoy using old Leica film, and Fujifilm digital cameras. With the odd Rolleicord thrown in.

Instagram: @kriekenx

Francesca is a Melbourne based street and portrait photographer. She is happiest when hitting the streets, camera in hand, tunes on, capturing the world going by.

Website: francescadonnoli.com

Instagram: @francescadonnoli

My name is ZhiWei Ma. I come from China. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I began to take to the streets and start street photography. For many years before that, as a part-time job, I took some documentary photos for weddings and commercial events. Everyone has a different life trajectory. The moment I record is like jumping on different tracks, which makes me enjoy the shooting process and post-production sharing. At the end of 2022, I came to Melbourne, Australia, to start a new job and life. At the same time, I continue to walk on the street after work to shoot one by one fresh Soul, this is also one of my daily shooting projects - “Soul on the street.”

Website: https://greenlightimage.wordpress.com/

Instagram: @greenlight_image

Youtube: @greenlightimage--davidma6767

I am a visual artist based in Sydney, Australia, who began my journey in photography and filmmaking at the end of 2019. Since then, I have been working on a variety of personal projects and films, and my work has been recognized by various international festivals and awards. Some of my notable achievements include:

Being nominated for the 2022 Fine Art Photo Awards and winning the 2022 IFA Gold Award

Collaborating with ZEISS Camera Lenses and participating in the ZEISS Career Campaign and the 175th Year ZEISS GALA Exhibition

Exhibiting at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts and participating in festivals such as the Visions of Success Film Festival, IGen Film Festival, and Noble International Film Festival and Awards, among others.

Being featured in Landscape Photography Magazine, and receiving honorable mentions in the Monochrome Awards, ND Awards, and ND Awards for my work in landscapes, night photography, and architecture respectively

Participating in various film festivals such as The Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival, First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Festival Internacional de Cine Austral, The Cecil County Independent Film Festival, NAFCo Film Festival, and Retrospective of Jupiter Film Festival.

My passion for creative works started at a young age and I am always looking for new ways to push the boundaries of my craft.

Website: www.ehvalleyphotography.com

My aim remains fairly broad so far. I love all sorts of photography. I haven't been practicing for long, but the one consistent style is street photography. Something about hunting for and finding that intimate moment on the street when it's all about reaction and attention to detail just captures my attention. I wish to share that journey here with all of you.

Mauro is a Melbourne based photographer. He discovered a love of Street Photography whilst traveling extensively and then subsequently living and working overseas in South East Asia.

“ As a photographer, finding the Unusual in the Usual and capturing those opportunistic moments is a real privilege and certainly something I get very excited about ”.

Awards:

- Runner Up: Sydney Road Faces Behind the Scenes 2019

- Highly Commended: Art4All Collaborative Exhibition 2022

I regard my photographs as being in the 'street documentary' style - an unplanned and unrehearsed record of a brief passing moment.

The most fascinating aspect of street photography for me is that it freezes time. It records forever, in a fraction of a second, something that will never ever be seen again.

Even so, street photographs may also record a static object and those may be classified as urban landscape, urban geometry or whatever term you like.

Gonzzalo Palta is a photographer and a graphic designer based in Melbourne. Capturing the soul of this mesmerising city has sparkled his passion for street photography. Growing up in Colombia influenced his desire to explore vibrant colours. Black and white has been inspired by his hometown, Popayán, so-called “The White City”. The shades of orange reflected on the white colonial style buildings brought him fascination for sunsets since his early years. Living in Los Angeles added product photography and a touch of vintage style to his special interests.

Exhibitions:

Victorian Archives Centre Gallery

Collective City

Until 23 Dec 2023

Instagram: @graphicproduction

Website: www.gp972.com

Email: gapzz972@yahoo.com

Mobile: +61 417 662 130

I'm a rank amateur, who has been carrying a camera for fun for almost 50 years.

I've gone from school sport photography through family stuff, then family sport and finally now street (and a bit of architectural-ish stuff), often combined with travel. It's a great way to see Melbourne, or wherever you are at the time.

I seem to have found my niche with monochrome street photography; not that I don't like colour, but I'm more comfortable with mono.

I'll never make a living from this, and I don't want to try - I'm quite sure the fun would disappear if I did.

Website: https://pbase.com/petergly/street

Instagram: @theotherpeteonthestreet

I'm Lin. A Melbourne based street photography enthusiast. The initial goal was try to change my career by learning photography in TAFE Course. Then my dream come true. I got to play with cameras on daily basis – As a camera sales. Don't get me wrong. I love my job. Now I can take photos everyday and I can help others to find the right gear. There's always something that the others can teach you. No matter what level you are. I got help from everyone that I knew. One way or another.

Street photography is easy to start but hard to master. The reason that I took a shot is purely following my feelings. Sometimes, the photo just got taken by the camera. Not me! I try to not thinking too much before I click the release button. Also, I turn the screen off by protending it's a film camera. Or, just use a film camera. 

I'm glad to have an opportunity to show my works on this platform. Wish you are enjoying it!

Abhishek is a self-taught photographer and a social observer based in Melbourne, capturing the subtle nuances of daily life through street and documentary photography. He spontaneously purchased a camera in 2021, and after a year of exploration, discovered his passion for this visual art form. His background in design and construction fuels his fascination with urban environments and the interaction of people within these spaces. Strong emotions, shapes, colours, and silhouettes, particularly in the human form, are central to his work. He loves how the human form dances with the built environment, creating graphic compositions. For Abhishek, photography serves as a mental health walkabout, a way to find clarity and connection in the urban landscape. Always learning and exploring, he is eager to see where this visual journey takes him.

Instagram: abhishekxstreet

Kerry is a final year student at Photography Studies College, Melbourne.

Inspiration for Kerry’s work springs from the diverse tapestry of people and places encountered around the world. Travel has become an integral part of the creative process, allowing each locale and each individual she meets to become a source of inspiration that shapes Kerry’s artistic vision.

Kerry believes that photography and videography serve as powerful mediums to bridge gaps between cultures, fostering a deeper understanding of the human experience. Through her art, Kerry strives to convey the universal aspects of emotion, connection, and beauty that transcend geographical boundaries.

"I have always been fascinated by the diversity and connections and also the disconnections found in large cities, and how people interact with the urban environment. I try and capture that relationship wherever I go. It gives me a sense of belonging when I can immerse myself in the local environment"

Website: https://www.kerryherschellphotography.com.au

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kerryherschell

Facebook: (1) Kerry Herschell Photography | Facebook

Troy is based in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and is an observer of commuter, corporate and city environments. While generally preferring to observing a wider whole, Troy will get close if the story is there. 

Website: https://troyshiels.myportfolio.com/

Intstagram: troyshiels.photo

I love photography. The art of it gives you something to look forward to and ‘in’ to, a moment so special captured forever and then shared. Sometimes beautifully different, sometimes challenging, but a good photograph always makes you think, enriching your life.

Website: michaelsphotography.au

Nichole fell in love with photography at age 15 and soon after got her first SLR camera – a Pentax K1000 which was a close companion for many years. Much of her time at high school was spent in the darkroom, and this continued as an undergraduate studying photography and graphic design.

Though career and family provided distraction from her hobby, photography maintained her curiosity and she always came back to it.

Now based in Melbourne, Nichole enjoys roaming the streets and the challenge of capturing compelling people, places and moments in time.

‘The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.’ – Robert Doisneau

Instagram: @mayburyink

I'm a street photographer with American and Hispanic roots, born in San Francisco and raised in Melbourne where I learned to love coffee, whinge about the weather and find beauty in the everyday chaos. People have always fascinated me. The way they move, the odd things they do when they think no one’s watching, the little sparks of personality that flash in a split second. That’s what I chase with my camera.

My style is fast, loose and full of surprises. I often shoot with off-camera flash, mostly because I like the way it makes everything feel a bit more alive and a bit less staged. Street photography started as my way of stepping out of the grind of running a tech consulting business. Now it's the thing that keeps me sane. It lets me stop thinking for a while and start noticing again.

If you want to get like my work, hit me up on IG: streetstyle.melbourne

Street Photography,

Why do we do it? who are the photographys for? is it being creative?, or just trying to get luck ?, or just an unhealthy obsession? who knows who cares.

For 50 years I've taken photos of people and places that "cought my eye". Later I look at the pictures and, think . . .

If I take a photo that makes someone else, Think Twice, well, thats about as good as it gets.

https://www.joefuri.com
joe@spearandshield.org

Kyle Attwood is a Perth based street photographer who spends most weekends wandering the city, capturing everyday moments, the quietly odd, and the subtly humorous. Working mostly on 35mm film, he is drawn to gestures, expressions, and coincidences that feel human. His work follows the rhythm of Perth, from street life to local events and protests, always seeking fleeting moments that tell a story or pose a question.  

Links

Website: https://kyleattwood.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyleattwoodphoto/