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Street Shots

Scores of street photographers document city life on any given day, one shot at a time. Meet six who are practicing and redefining a uniquely New York art form dating back to the days of Weegee the Famous — and post your own street photography in the Streets Shots Challenge.

Bruce Gilden
Hunting for characters on crowded sidewalks. Watch Video | Web site
Sandra Roa
Documenting day laborers in Jackson Heights. Watch Video | Web site
Jamel Shabazz
Sharing his love for people and the past.
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Jake Dobkin
Capturing the changing landscape of Brooklyn. Watch Video | Web site
N. Corren Conway
Documenting life, armed with Canon and iPhone. Watch Video | Web site
David Horvitz
Keeping a constant visual diary.
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Joe Wigfall
Winner of the Street Shots Challenge
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Joe Wigfall

Joe Wigfall can see with his hands. Never lifting his camera to his eye, he shoots hundreds of photos during his lunch hour or walking to the train after work. A true artist, Joe brings a bit of himself into each of his photographs. He's the winner of WNYC's Street Shots Challenge. | Share the Youtube version of this video.

Street Shots: We Have A Winner!

Join WNYC in celebration of New York's long history of street photography

The winner of WNYC's Street Shots Challenge is 50-year-old self-taught photographer Joe Wigfall. Contest judge Luc Sante calls Wigfall's sensibilities Rembrandtesque.

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Rules For the Street on the Brian Lehrer Show

Bruce Gilden
As part of WNYC’s Street Shots Online Photo Festival, the Brian Lehrer show discusses the legality and ethics of taking photos of everyday people in New York. Bruce Gilden, and Eileen Clancy, founding member of Picture New York, discuss the changing rules of street photography. Also, Paul Browne, Deputy Commissioner for Public Information at the NYPD, explains some of the policy surrounding public photography.

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Project Development Credits: WNYC Digital with Benjamen Walker and Andrea Silenzi. New York Street Photography was produced with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.