Archive for October, 2013

Minimal | Jamie Furlong and Francesca Fascione

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The third collaboration series by Urban Picnic featured on Street View Photography. In this article Jamie Furlong talks with Italian photographer Francesca Fascione. The series of street photos below are based on the idea ‘Minimal’, and taken in April/May 2013 (more…)

Top 10: Shadows on the Wall

Street View Photography’s Top 10: Shadows on the Wall 

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If we look at the images we showcase on our Street View Photography Facebook pages, or any other photo sharing community for that matter, we often find that images featuring a shadow as a subject perform exceptionally well. Shadow Photography seems to capture people’s imagination and engage the viewer emotionally, ensuring its interestingness and popularity.

We all cast a shadow and is there anyone, who has not tried jumping over it at least once in their life? Perhaps it is the child in us that seems to connect to the shadow so very well and that way takes us back in time like the smell of our old classroom or the perfume of our first love. There is something magical and enticingly mysterious about the shadow. It’s a part of us but at the same time a complete stranger, who always seems to be threatening to set itself free to lead a life of its own. (more…)

Interview with Costas Masseras | Greece

Hello Costas Masseras ! We are honored to be able to interview you for our Featured Photographer format on www.streetviewphotography.net!

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Please tell us a little bit about yourself to begin with.

I was born in Piraeus 48 years ago, and I’m living in Athens. Over the last 20 years I’m working in photo equipment selling shops, but these difficult years of the crisis in Greece, it is very difficult to continue with this job. I’m married and I love to combine traveling with photography.

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