When I was first getting into street photography this was one of the first questions I had regarding this type of photography. What I learned though, is that it is not at all about the camera. Really it isn’t. I have tried all types of cameras for this sort of photography ranging from a cell phone camera to a professional SLR, and although they each have their advantages, the end results is very much the same. If you want to see what I am getting at here please take a look at this.
In the spirit of Chase Jarvis, The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You. This especially holds true for street photography. It is more about catching “The Decisive Moment” as Henri Cartier-Bresson put it.
When I asked Israeli street photographer Felix Lupa what camera he used for his street photography he replied that:
Art was never dependant on equipment. Imagine Rembrandt or Picasso used the same brush like artists use today. The difrence is in your imagination. Image=imagination and it’s not in pixels.
As it turns out, most of his spectacular images, were actually taken with a Sony S600 and not a professional camera.
Those are some brilliant photos, wish mine were that competent!
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