Samuel Lintaro Hopf (Samuel Streetlife)

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05/04/23 • 71 min

Street Life

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Samuel Lintaro Hopf is a photographer, filmmaker and popular YouTuber based in Germany.

Samuel has worked as an ambassador for Ricoh GR cameras and filmed a “GR Project” series of videos where he travelled the world connecting with other GR street shooters.

Samuel also runs workshops and has had his work published in magazine such as Eyeshot, Photographie and Soul Of Street.

In this episode Samuel discusses, among other things:

How we began shooting street photography in Hamburg
How he splits his time between photography and making videos
Whether street photography still excites him
The challenges of making street photos while living in the country
How shooting on the street has changed post pandemic
Germany cracking down on street photography
Discusses his project with Alex Munoz and their road trip around Japan
Working with the Void Tokyo collective and Tatsuo Suzuki

Follow Samuel:
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Website

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Samuel Lintaro Hopf is a photographer, filmmaker and popular YouTuber based in Germany.

Samuel has worked as an ambassador for Ricoh GR cameras and filmed a “GR Project” series of videos where he travelled the world connecting with other GR street shooters.

Samuel also runs workshops and has had his work published in magazine such as Eyeshot, Photographie and Soul Of Street.

In this episode Samuel discusses, among other things:

How we began shooting street photography in Hamburg
How he splits his time between photography and making videos
Whether street photography still excites him
The challenges of making street photos while living in the country
How shooting on the street has changed post pandemic
Germany cracking down on street photography
Discusses his project with Alex Munoz and their road trip around Japan
Working with the Void Tokyo collective and Tatsuo Suzuki

Follow Samuel:
Instagram
Website

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Josh Edgoose (aka Spicy Meatball)

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Josh Edgoose is a photographer based in London whose work focuses on colourful and candid moments on the street, often captured with humour and wit.

Josh recently published ‘Brilliant Parade’, a monograph of his work spanning five years, and is also the co-creator of street and documentary photography magazine Framelines.

Josh’s work has featured in British and international exhibitions and when he’s not taking photos in his hometown of London, he’s creating photography videos for YouTube with his mate Shane Taylor.

In this episode Josh discusses, among other things:

How having a child changed his photography
How he got back into photography after previously studying it at school
How he honed his distinctive look
How he’s become his own commissioning editor with photo projects
How he got into YouTube with Shane Taylor
Getting trolled on YouTube
Why he loves buying and selling gear
How Framelines magazine comes together

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Nina Welch-Kling

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Nina Welch-Kling is a German-born photographer now based in New York City. Nina has a background in fine art, and her photography focuses on capturing moments of everyday life on the streets.

Nina’s latest work is Duologues, a book of photographic diptychs that combine to create a visual dialogue between the two images.

Nina’s work has been included in multiple international photography exhibitions and she has been a finalist in many international awards, including as LensCulture.

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