Larry Street
Photography
www.streetlandscapes.com
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Larry Street
Biography
Larry Street has been a serious photographer for over 40 years. He worked his way through college as the college’s photographer. Larry is now Director of Photographic Workshops for Distinctive Journeys where he is planning and conducting photographic workshops to international and domestic destinations. Larry recently received a Landscape Photography First Place Award from the award winning national travel magazine Virtuoso Life. His photography can be viewed at www.streetlandscapes.com
Larry is engaged in a daily photography project entitled “How I Spent My Day” that he commenced on November 10, 2010. At least one picture taken that same day is emailed every day to a large list of people who have requested to receive these daily photographs. The past daily photographs in this project can be viewed at http://gallery.me.com/lstreet#100122 and his Blog discussing the pictures is located at http://blog.streetportraits.com/
Larry, who is an intellectual property attorney, makes presentations to photographers on copyright and other laws that affect photography.
Larry’s photographs have been published in national magazines (including Virtuoso Life), have been exhibited (including exhibitions at Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta Central Public Library and Atlanta Financial Center), have won awards (including a Creative Loafing Honorable Mention and Virtuoso Life First Place), and are collected. His most recent exhibition, including 50 of Larry’s prints, was in December 2009 at TULA in Atlanta, Georgia.
Larry can be reached at lstreet@mac.com and 404-414-9863.
Larry Street
Artist Statement
I find that photographs can confront many people with the visual world they would mostly ignore otherwise. Many of us fall into habitual seeing so that we do not see and appreciate the wonderful and strange sights around us all the time. I am engaged in a daily photography project (see http://gallery.me.com/lstreet#100122) in order to motivate me to overcome this habitual seeing for myself and for others.
Cities have many scenes that everyone should notice more. But these cityscapes are nothing compared to beautiful and strange scenes like those on Ossabaw Island.
Of course, I photograph because I enjoy the process of photography and because I enjoy being in the scene, especially scenes like those on Ossabaw Island.
But I also enjoy showing my photographs to others because I feel like I am sharing a wonderful treasure… and perhaps helping them to wake up just a little to see the beautiful and strange world around them.
My intent in photographing Ossabaw Island is to share its beauty and strangeness with others who would never see it otherwise. I hope this will increase the appreciation and protection directed toward Ossabaw Island.
