Reforma Ave., Mexico City

I read often someone debating composition in street photography. Sometimes someone dares to pull lines to support his theories about the importance of composition in street photography. Arguments are often shareable, but I would question if this is the important  and the main focus when it comes to street photography. 

I think the compositional aspect and the technical knowledge should be part of us, already metabolized because we are photographers, but I see too willing to show you the way…and sometimes I feel we miss the point. Street Photography should be essentially about instinct, a reaction to something that draws our attention, the ability to capture a mood, an atmosphere…Street Photography should have that particular tensionwhen we walk on a street, the energy…

Following obsessively the rules can give us a photo compositionally and technically perfect…and then? On the streets, as much as skillful and quick to make the best decision, to the end we there are an infinite number of variables…and this is the good and the bad of street shooting. The absurd idea to calculate any detail can work for a photographer of objects.

If you ask me, I think composition is pretty important also in street photography: the photo needs to work, responding to certain visual codes. But the instinct is important. I am a one shot photographer: I believe the first shot is the best because I trust in instinct. But if you are you used to take more photos of the same thing, you should ask why most of the times the first shot is the best. Also what works on a subconscious level is important.

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2

Downtown, Mexico City

Leica X2