What is the best autofocus mode for hip shooting in street photography?

[trickness]

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Autofocus and hip shooting are going to give you garbage results.

Range focus for street. Use a 28 and you’ll have at ton of DOF at F8 and above

Edited July 19, 2024 by trickness

[Ken Abrahams]

On 7/18/2024 at 9:25 PM, Jeff S said:

He used a false lens attached to the side of the camera so that he could appear to point his camera in a different direction than he was shooting.

One of my favorite photographers, who was atypically successful in many different photographic genres.

Jeff

My favourite too Jeff, first seen in a book purchased in mid seventies. An incredible image and Strand to go to that extent for purely candid images. 

[Jeff S]

7 hours ago, Ken Abrahams said:

My favourite too Jeff, first seen in a book purchased in mid seventies. An incredible image and Strand to go to that extent for purely candid images. 

The first vintage silver print I bought decades ago was a Strand; still hangs in my library. I’ve seen many of his prints in person, including some from museum archives that rarely get exhibited.  Curators are sometimes happy to set up private viewings. I also have most of his first edition books, some signed. 
 

Jeff

[Jean-Michel]

On 7/21/2024 at 2:14 AM, Ken Abrahams said:

My favourite too Jeff, first seen in a book purchased in mid seventies. An incredible image and Strand to go to that extent for purely candid images. 

Yes, the image is quite amazing. But what about the woman? She, whomever she was, made it possible for Strand to earn kudos for the image, and made it possible for so many people to earn money from her: Strand, magazine and book publishers, book stores, essayists getting published, and so on. Almost by definition the woman never saw her image and there is likely no model release signed by her. Was she therefore exploited? 

As a photographer one needs to always be aware that the camera confers no rights, it does add to one's ethical responsibility. There are of course many good reasons for taking and publishing so called 'street photographs' and in many cases it is rather impossible to obtain consent before printing, exhibiting or publishing an image. War time photographs are a good example of that, but one also needs to remember that Kim Phuc burned and did not win a Pulitzer prize, the photographer, Nick Ut did. The photograph did serve a greater purpose and did help end the atrocities. And Nick Ut did help save her life.