Leica Liker is honored to have Ania Vouloudi, a Thessaloniki (Greece) Street Photographer as our #16 guest.
When I was on the search for photographers that have a unique point of view, several fellow street photographers suggested I look at Ania’s work. You’ll have to agree, when you look at her work, there is a quirkiness that stands out from the crowd.
Ania’s photographs exposes that a flip of a dress or the whisp of hair all have an aesthetic worth looking at. For instance, the photo below: We’ve all done this. Swimming, blowing bubbles, and hanging off the edge of the pool. But the juxtaposition against the other feet and the point of view, makes this very mundane moment a special moment in the memory of a life.
What attracts me to Ania’s images is that they evoke my own memories. Bringing a warm feeling. So it was serendipitous…
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Once in a while you’ll hear the phrase “shooting from the hip” when talking about street photography. Some purists find this method to be dishonest, or cheap or unprofessional.
Is it really that bad?
Back in the day, when TLR’s were used by photographers like Vivian Maier, the shots were made from the hip…. is she a bad photographer now? Does it makes her work less impressive?
“Shooting from the hip” is a phrase, it doesn’t mean that you have to shoot from the actual hip… it just means – not looking through the viewfinder. If you are using the same focal length all the time, it ‘s very easy to master the coverage and composition without looking via the viewfinder.
With today’s tech that gives us live view and tilting displays,” shooting from the hip” is even easier and in a way bring us back to the TLR…
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