Our jury for the 2018 International Street Photography Awards has worked tirelessly to evaluate the many submissions we received, and has identified these as the best. These photos were exhibited at StreetFoto from June 4 through 10 at Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco and will be published in our upcoming annual.
2018 FINALISTS:
Best Street Photograph | Best Street Photography Series | Best Mobile Street Photo | Best Street Photo Shot on Film | Streets of San Francisco
A great street photograph can stand on its own, without explanatory text, and move the viewer with its beauty, its message, its humor, or its story. This is StreetFoto’s biggest contest, and these are the photographs our judges liked the most.
Photography is about telling stories, and long-term projects are what keep many of us going. This contest invited street photographers to submit a series of photographs that share a common theme or narrative. Much of what we consider to be the street photography canon arises from projects like this.
Camilla Ferrari, Italy
Guille Ibanez, France
Stefano Lista, Italy
Sirawit Kuwawattananont, Thailand
Ilker Karaman, Turkey
Camilo Fuentealba, United States
Aristide Economopoulos, United States
Chase Jarvis once famously said, “The best camera is the one you have with you.” These photos were all captured by phones or tablets. The ubiquity and ever-increasing image quality of camera phones makes them attractive tools for street photographers. Mobile photography has brought legions of new artists into the fold, and even dedicated Leica shooters are branching out and making interesting work with their phones.
StreetFoto seeks to highlight the best local street photography with this contest for work made within our fair city. This contest was a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk Photo Center gallery lighting project.
