Street Photography for Sale

The work of the photographer Vivian Maier has led to rising popularity for street photography. Unlike other types of photography concerned with a range of diverse subjects, street photography chooses one theme only: the city – but it is just a trick as this subject is multiple, shattered and diffused, impossible to fully grasp. The beauty of a city, its inhabitants and urban landscape… The practice of street photography pushes the photograph to sharpen his gaze, learning the complex science of capturing a fleeting moment.  

The interaction between man and his urban environment fascinates and inspires artists. The skyrocketing urbanisation seems to prove that the city is the environment that is most fitting to our human condition, yet the pollution, mass population and urban stress associated with the city life indicate the opposite. Whom are these odd animals living in these large hives of activity? What are their customs, their history? The photograph becomes their witness, as he captures ordinary moments that make up our everyday life: a man with a bouquet, a nighttime walk or merely a café's terrace. Like a documentary, each photograph holds a part of truth: to reveal the beauty of empty spaces where time stops, or moments full of life and spontaneity. Discover the best street New-York photographies or London photographies

Every street corner has its share of surprises, colours and activity. Whether empty or busy, the street always seems alive; it is the symbol of the human habitat. Streets are places of movement, of transition, a space that we pass through on the way to a destination. Staging and directing becomes obsolete, as surprise, colour and framing naturally come out of the urban frenzy. The poetic talent of the street photographer is revealed in the stolen moment of an inattentive city stroller?

Each of the photographers in this selection has made specific choices: their artistic approach is already distinguished between the ones who stages their photographs or those who let spontaneity guide their creative direction? Then, there are the photographs who prefer playing with human interactions, in the way of a theatre play, while others prefer empty spaces as unique spaces. Finally, the photographer is confronted to the question of colour or black and white: monochromatic photographs belong to the past as soon as they are taken, while colour gives life to the scene, rendering its energy and charm.

Whether it is a wide shot or a detailed photograph, street photograph sticks to the rule of revealing the extraordinary in the ordinary. A hand calling a cab, or Robert Doisneau's couple kissing at the terrace of a café, the sunlight passing through a wire fence… all the things that we see every day without looking at them. Now is the time to find poetry and delight in the trivial! Browse through Artsper's selection of street photographs.

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Photography, Smiles, Guilhem Ribart

Guilhem Ribart

Photography . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,196

Photography, Porte et Tags, Dominique Leroy

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,555 $1,400

Photography, Comuna 13, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$717

Photography, Lada Family, Fabien Strauss

Fabien Strauss

Photography . 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$269

Photography, Sweet Memory, Soohyun Kim

Soohyun Kim

Photography . 45.72 x 60.96 x 111 cm Photography . 18 x 24 x 43.7 inch

$778

Photography, Fade to black (M), Streety

Streety

Photography . 40 x 50 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 inch

$419

Photography, Eclat hivernal, Jean Valera

Jean Valera

Photography . 50 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

$897

Photography, Surprise Mthfcker, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 44.5 x 29.6 x 0.1 cm Photography . 17.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$1,913

Photography, Lecture, Alexis Duclos

Alexis Duclos

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$814

Photography, Accords Nomades, Bze Bzeland

Bze Bzeland

Photography . 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography . 13 x 19 x 0 inch

$179

Photography, St Tropez, Slim Aarons

Slim Aarons

Photography . 101 x 76 cm Photography . 39.8 x 29.9 inch

$4,774

Photography, 135 Méga-Jul #2, Samzaï

Samzaï

Photography . 30 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch

$197

Photography, Rhythm, Mario Tarantino

Mario Tarantino

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

$1,677

Photography, Ascension, Mario Tarantino

Mario Tarantino

Photography . 90 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,801

Photography, Groom, Tanguy Mendrisse

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$191

Photography, Balti XI, Tanguy Mendrisse

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$156

Photography, Humantouch II, Sven Pfrommer

Sven Pfrommer

Photography . 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

$2,381

Photography, Walk on Rivoli (M), Streety

Streety

Photography . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$419

Photography, Human Sensor V, Sven Pfrommer

Sven Pfrommer

Photography . 100 x 130 x 3 cm Photography . 39.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,501

Photography, DLR, London UK, Francoblanco

Francoblanco

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$233

Photography, NY urban VIII, Sven Pfrommer

Sven Pfrommer

Photography . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,261