Street Photo Analysis: Behind the Photo No16 -Sea Gull

 Does street photography have to have a street in it? Does it have to be taken in an urban environment? Does Street Photography have to have people in it?  Many of the Masters took photos of dogs? Are you allowed to take photos of Seagulls or is that classed as Wildlife. Does the person have to be facing the camera or can they be looking in the other direction?

If you can't tell what location the photo was taken in...does it count, is the photo a failure OR  does it even matter? 

A closer look at the Street Photo Seagull

We have 3 abseilers coming down the side of the building, which later we learned  were actually window cleaners. We have strong black and white horizontal lines with a slight curve giving the photo a very arty feel and a bit of tension.

The sky is grey and looking cloudless and a single solitary Seagull is flying and surveying the scene. We have rule of odds going on with the three abseilers and the same with the solitary seagull?.

The shot is not typical of a photo by this photographers,who normally prefers High Contrasts scenes with dense blacks and blown out high lights as his trademark. This photo is low contrast and is as low contrast as it can get.     

What is the photographer trying  to say here?

It's a visually stunning photo but what is the subject? The three abseilers, the building or the Seagull. Although humans have achieved many amazing things especially with Technology and can design amazing buildings witnessed here, and we have superior intelligence to a Seagull, we still cannot fly without some sort of assistance. But then again Seagulls  don't know how to clean windows? Or do they, but they keep quiet about it?    

So who is the winner in this photo? You decide! 

My Photo Rating

If a Seagull, 3 window cleaners, a curvy building and some sky can be turned into something like this and generate this much debate, I think this is a straight 8/10...for sure?