If you can smell the street by looking at a photo, that is street photography. Here are thirty photos that celebrate the exuberance, the ordinariness and the gritty side of street life around the world.
Tiong Bahru, Singapore. Photo: Rachel ChungCardboard collectors, SingaporeStanley Street, Hong KongSheung Wan Street, Hong KongFood hawkers, Hong Kong. Photo: MOSLFood stalls, Hong Kong. Photo: MOSLStreet food stalls, BangkokMotorbike taxis, BangkokShinjuku, Tokyo, JapanShinjuku Omoide Yokocho, Tokyo, Japan. Photo: MOSLTokyo, Japan. Photo: MOSLShibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Photo: MOSLMagome-juku, one of the 69 stations of the Nakasendō, an ancient road that connected Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo) during the Edo period. Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: MOSLTaipei, TaiwanChungli City, TaiwanTea house, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China. Photo: Wallace FongOld Kashgar town, Xinjiang, China. Photo: Wallace FongKashgar old town, Xinjiang, China. Photo: Wallace Fong. Naples, ItalyNaples, Italy. Photo: MOSLBurano, Venetto, Italy. Photo: MOSLIstanbul, TurkeyGöteborg, Sweden. Photo: MOSLLisbon, Portugal. Photo: MOSLPorto old town, Portugal. Photo: MOSLCardiff, UK. Photo: Maciej DakowiczLisbon, Portugal. Photo: MOSLMontreal, Quebec. Photo: MOSLMelbourne, Australia. Photo: MOSLLondon, UK. Photo: Lawrence SchwartzwaldPiriji, Italy. Photo: MOSLDhaka, BlangadeshUnderground Station, Baker Street, London. Photo: MOSL
Notes
Wherever the source of a photo can be ascertained, credit is given to that source. Most of the images here are from the ‘Moments of Street Life’ instagram site.
