Street Manual

A field guide for street photographers.

by Luke Carey

ProjectsOngoing (monthly)

The High Street is Dying

Document it before it goes.

Visit a different British high street every month. Document what's there - the independent shops, the charity shops, the empty units, the pound shops, the market stalls.

How to shoot it: Go on a weekday when the street is working, not a dead Sunday. Shoot the signage, the handwritten closing-down notices, the gaps where a shop used to be, and the people who still use the place. A wide lens takes in the whole frontage, a tighter one isolates the telling detail. Date every set, because the value is in the record.

The output: A body of work with real historical value in twenty years.

Camera Settings

Any.

The Assignment

Visit a high street you've never photographed. Photograph what exists there now.

Free Course