NOTES ON STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Knut Skjærven
March 2023
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He learned that the world itself is an artist of incomparable inventiveness, and to recognise its best works and moments, to anticipate them, to clarify them and make them permanent, requires intelligence both acute and supply.
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John Szarkowski: The Photographers Eye, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2009
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KU-Damm Couple, Berlin
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The Kiss, Berlin
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
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Honouring Henri, Berlin
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Art Lovers, Berlin
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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
At the Reception, Berlin
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Musicians, Berlin
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Dirty Dancing, Berlin
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Permission Granted, Berlin
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Two of a Kind, Berlin
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Flea Market, Berlin
East Side Gallery, Berlin
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Samba, Berlin
Blind Date, Berlin
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Newspaperman, Berlin
At the Ritz, Berlin
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Dancing in the Rain, Berlin
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Monument Men, Berlin
Fatal Attraction, Berlin
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The larger part of the photographs were captured with a small Leica X2. A few were taken with a Canon 5D Mk II on different Carl Zeiss lenses.
The notes were collected during the first days of March 2023.
Text and pictures belong to the photographer/author.
© Knut Skjærven. All rights reserved.
Copenhagen, March 7, 2023.
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