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1980s NYC street photography of Janet Delaney | Framelines

Shane Taylor takes a look at the latest issue of Framelines street photography magazine featuring Janet Delaney’s beautiful Rolleiflex photos of 80s New York City, along with photos by Baldwin Lee, John Simmons, Anya Broido, Oscar Diaz and Jonathan Bertin.

A Twin Lens Reflex camera, especially a Rolleiflex has always felt like the best of camera options when shooting street photography since the photographer does not shoot with the camera at eye level, which tends to draw attention from people in the street. I have used my DLSR’s with a tilt screen at waist level when shooting before to emulate the experience of shooting with a TLR but it simply is not the same as the real thing. It simply does not work as well and seems odd for good reason.

Framelines did a nice job of featuring other photographers, Baldwin Lee, John Simmons, Anya Broido, Oscar Diaz and Jonathan Bertin, in this video as well as the current issue of their wonderful quarterly street photography magazine.