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David Gibson is a contemporary street photography and a founding member of the street photography collective In-Public and in this book he gives his opinion on the genre of street photography and how you can develop you street photography skills.
As it title suggests it the book is somewhat of a manual in style, it is written in accessible drop-in/drop-out style introduces a style or idea, presents a renowned photographer who worked in that style and also illustrates this idea and suggested reader projects with examples of Norton’s work.
I’m torn with this book in that it gives good idea and pointers to the reader; I am not a fan of Gibsons work – he is far to traditionalist for my liking in this modern world. Street photography has to move on away from the Cartier_Bresson style that David Norton seems to advocate.
Having said that it is a great good as a reference with practical project based around “busy,”quiet,” ‘abstract” etc. as they say you should know the basics first before you start breaking the rules.
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