Everybody Street-

The film Everybody Street by Cheryl Dunn, shares the story of many New York Street photographers. It starts by sharing the story of Boogie and how he is constantly carrying his camera around in order to get the best shots. He even did very dangerous shots with loaded guns just to get that perfect shot he was looking for. It is impressive to see the lengths that photographers will go through to get the photo that they want. Another person mentioned was Martha Cooper, she would ride her roller skates through the streets with her camera always in hand. So focused on the public space around her and the people that use that space in order to live and have fun. A lot of the photos were of kids and their creations using raw materials they found in those public spaces. One of the main pieces she focused on was graffitied trains and she would wait hours for that train to arrive to get that one perfect photo. The last artist I would like to talk about that was presented in the film is Jamal Shabazz. Jamal went to the military and when he came back, he said that he was going on a mission to shoot many photos. He was in a couple situations where he got in trouble for taking photos without asking for permission and then he soon realized that he needed to ask first before capturing the image. That brought a lot of smiles to his photo creating an atmosphere of happier people. Although, photography is dangerous for many and some of them have to carry weapons on them just to protect themselves in case anything goes wrong. Some have even been beaten up with blood being drawn and teeth being knocked out during their photography shoots. Even though many photographers know the risk, they still aim to get the photos because of the emotions that come with photography.