[Virtual] The listening street

A thoughtful exploration of street photography as both a photographic practice and a way of paying attention. This presentation invites photographers to slow down, observe more carefully, and recognize the quiet relationships between light, gesture, background, timing, and human presence. It considers how ordinary public spaces can reveal humour, tension, beauty, loneliness, and connection when we learn to look without rushing.

Through historical context, contemporary approaches, practical field methods, and visual exercises, the presentation examines how meaningful street photographs are made.

Participants learn how to read a scene, anticipate a moment, work with layers and backgrounds, approach strangers with confidence, and make intentional choices about colour, monochrome, sharpness, motion, and point of view.

At its heart, this presentation asks photographers to consider not only what they photograph, but how they stand in relation to the people and places they encounter. It addresses courage, consent, dignity, privacy, editing, sequencing, and the…