Street Life

David Cossini is an award-winning photographer and film-maker based in Newcastle, Australia. David specialises in long-form documentary projects and portraiture, and has won numerous awards for his work including the HeadOn Portrait Award, the Art Handler’s Award in the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize and the Percival Photographic Prize. He’s also been a finalist in many international photography competitions .Follow David:WebsiteInstagram

Paul Baldonado, more commonly known as Paulie B, is a New York-based artist and street photographer.He also runs a hugely successful You Tube channel, which not only highlights his own great work but the work of other photographers in the New York street scene. He’s also the mastermind behind the hugely successful Walkie Talkie series.Follow Paulie:WebsiteInstagram

The Real Sir Robin is a German-born street photographer who also runs a popular photography YouTube channel.He is known for shooting both film and digital and travels the world taking photos and teaching workshops.Follow Robin:WebsiteInstagram

In this episode, John and Mark discuss whether photographing on your own versus shooting with a group of mates yields better results.Plus, Jay Regular chats about his latest project and photo zine, Commute.Follow Jay:WebsiteInstagram

Reuben Radding is a New York City-based street photographer known for his work capturing the people and streets of NYC. His photography is characterised by a focus on human character and emotion, mostly in black and white. Reuben describes his work is an improvisation, shaped by his long hours of wandering the streets of New York. His work has featured in numerous US and international exhibitions and he also teaches at the International Centre of Photography.Follow Reuben:WebsiteInstagram

Matt Hall is a photographer originally from Cambridge in the UK, who currently resides in Margate. Matt is known for his minimalistic style of street photography and uses abstraction and single human figures to find magic in the mundane. Matt’s work has been exhibited around the UK and he’s also been published in various photography magazines. Follow Matt:WebsiteInstagram

In this episode, John and Mark discuss photographing protests, the pitfalls and benefits of film photography, getting  into fights with photojournalists and their favourite photobooks.Photobooks mentioned in this podcast:'Seacoal' by Chris Killip'American Geography' by Matt Black'Women Street Photographers', edited by Gulnara Samoilova'Friction / Tokyo Street' by Tatsuo Suzuki'Second City' by Jesse Marlow'Reclaim the Street' by Matt Stuart and Stephen McLaren'Minutes to Midnight' by Trent Parke'Monument' by Trent Parke

Stephen Dupont is an Australian photographer based in New South Wales.Stephen is one of Australia’s most acclaimed photojournalists, whose work focuses largely on the human condition, war and climate.In 2007, he was the recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography for his work on Afghanistan.He has also won the Robert Capa Gold Medal and several World Press Photo Awards.Follow Stephen:WebsiteInstagram

Jonny Dub is an award-winning street photographer originally from Manchester in the UK, who is now based in Tokyo.He is a member of the Tokyo Street Photography Club and last year self-published his first zene, titled Kaiko.Jonny is known for getting up close and personal on the street and for his use of flash photography, as well as using both film and digital to capture and document the frenetic street of his adopted home. In 2022, Jonny has awarded first place in the Smithsonian Magazine awards and has been in a finalist in the Paris International Street photo awards.Follow Jonny:WebsiteInstagram

Jeffrey Karp is a photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jeff’s street photography has a fine art look to it, with a focus on minimalist compositions, straight lines and heavy black shadows.  In 2020, he co-founded the photography collective Stolen Echoes and has previously worked as a curator for the Street Finder Instagram hub. In 2022, he started and released a monthly email newsletter titled A Twenty Percent Creative Jeff’s photography has been featured by Apple - no less! - as well as Adobe Lightroom, FUJILOVE and having been published in a number of publications such as F8 and Fisheye magazine.  Follow Jeff:WebsiteInstagram

Martin Parr is one of the greatest living photographers on the planet.He has worked prolifically since the 70s and has published more than 100 photobooks, which is a testament to his work ethic.Martin is a member and former president of Magnum Photos.In 2014, he founded the Martin Parr Foundation which aims to champion British photography and also houses the Martin Parr archive.Follow Martin:WebsiteInstagram

Joshua K Jackson is a British photographer based in London. After years working in a corporate desk job,  Josh  decided to quit in 2017 and focus on his real passion: creating photographs.Josh’s work focuses primarily on the inner-city streets of London and he has the unique ability of capturing the city in a way that evokes a sense of ambiguity and intrigue, all in his trademark cinematic style.His work showcases a keen eye for capturing fleeting moments and the human element in urban environments.Josh has published two monographs - 'Sleepless In Soho' and 'Modern Paradox' – and has had his work exhibited in various locations in the UK, USA, and Europe.Follow Josh:WebsiteInstagram

Chris Harrison is a Brighton-based street photographer and graphic designer. Chris spent four years at art college studying graphic design and photography, often bunking off to spend extra time in the dark room printing up his work. After art college he landed a job at the world’s biggest advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, where, as a designer, he got to commission and work with some of London's best photographers.From the year 2000, while working as a graphic designer, backpacking around the globe and starting a family, Chris let photography fall by the wayside. But a trip to Arles in France in 2016 changed all that. Chris went to a photography exhibition and was immediately reminded why he’d fallen in love with photography all those years before.  Chris now spends a lot of time photographing his home city of Brighton, which he describes as a "free-spirited, liberal place.”Chris’s work has been featured in various magazines and exhibitions, and he has been the winner of or a finalist in many street photography competitions, including Gothenburg Street Photo Festival, Brussels Street Photography Festival, Miami Street Photo Festival, Italian Street Photo Festival and Aussie Street Photography Festival.Follow Chris:WebsiteInstagram

Phil Penman is a British-born, New York-based photographer who has been documenting the ever-changing scene of New York City's streets for over 25 years.He is known for his atmospheric black and white photographs of the city, capturing its energy and diversity. Penman has worked with a range of clients, including People Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, and The IndependentHe has also exhibited his work in galleries around the world, including the Leica Gallery in New York, Sydney and Tokyo.In addition to his street photography, Penman has also worked as an editorial and portrait photographer. He has been featured in numerous publications and has won several awards for his work.Follow Phil:WebsiteInstagram

Don Stevie is a London-based “Street photographer”. His initial journey started when he had camera as a child which he used purely for fun. His photography came more to the fore in 2009 when he bought a little M8 digital camera. Interestingly, Steve doesn’t see himself as a photographer and merely carries his camera to shoot and capture the things he sees while out walking inner city London.His work is predominantly in colour, with a smattering of BNW images, that shows a keen eye for composition and a level of intricacy that has you going back to his images over and over again. He’s not shy in getting close to his subjects and is rather fond of using a flash to create movement and mystery within the images he creates. In 2021, Steve exhibited at the Brick Lane Gallery and has been published in f8 magazine.Follow Don Stevie:Instagram

Melissa O’Shaughnessy was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she studied journalism and art history. She took up photography after working as a book editor. She now lives and works in New York City. Melissa’s work is full of colour, texture, movement. Her images capture a sense of calmness from the chaos that surrounds her on the streets.Her work is included in Bystander: A History of Street Photography, and most recently Reclaim the Street: Street Photography Moment, and has been featured in an extensive number of local and international exhibitions. In 2020, she published her first monograph, Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs.  She is a member of UP Photographers, a non-profit collective of 26 photographers from around the global Follow Melissa:Instagram Website

In this episode, John and Mark discuss whether AI is a genuine threat to photography and whether AI-generated images should exist in a separate space.  

Nina Papiorek is a multi-award-winning black and white photographer from Germany specialising in street, fine art and landscape photography.Nina’s beautifully toned monochromes show us vistas full of texture, geometry and scale. Many of her images use the element of a lonely anonymous person or figure seemingly overwhelmed by the landscape, architecture and environment that engulfs and surrounds them.Nina also joined the Soul of Street team pouring her heart, soul and time into producing the highly regarded SoS magazine.Follow Nina:InstagramWebsite

Nina Welch-Kling is a German-born photographer now based in New York City. Nina has a background in fine art, and her photography focuses on capturing moments of everyday life on the streets.Nina’s latest work is Duologues, a book of photographic diptychs that combine to create a visual dialogue between the two images. Nina’s work has been included in multiple international photography exhibitions and she has been a finalist in many international awards, including as LensCulture.Follow Nina:Instagram Website

Samuel Lintaro Hopf is a photographer, filmmaker and popular YouTuber based in Germany.Samuel has worked as an ambassador for Ricoh GR cameras and filmed a “GR Project” series of videos where he travelled the world connecting with other GR street shooters.Samuel also runs workshops and has had his work published in magazine such as Eyeshot, Photographie and Soul Of Street.In this episode Samuel discusses, among other things:How we began shooting street photography in Hamburg How he splits his time between photography and making videosWhether street photography still excites himThe challenges of making street photos while living in the country How shooting on the street has changed post pandemicGermany cracking down on street photography Discusses his project with Alex Munoz and their road trip around JapanWorking with the Void Tokyo collective and Tatsuo SuzukiFollow Samuel:Instagram Website