Street Manual

A field guide for street photographers.

by Luke Carey

ProjectsOngoing (monthly)

Markets

Every market, everywhere, for a year.

Visit a different market every month. Indoor, outdoor, car boot, antiques, food, livestock. Document the traders, the goods, the customers, the transactions.

How to shoot it: Get there at setup, around dawn, for the unguarded work before the crowds, then return at peak for the transactions. Shoot the traders at their patter, the haggling, the hands exchanging money and goods. A wide lens in the crush puts the viewer in it. Buy something and talk to people, and the stall opens up to you for the rest of the series.

The output: A series about the oldest form of commerce and its survival.

Camera Settings

Any.

The Assignment

Visit a market you've never been to. Photograph the traders first.

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