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111 New Street Photography Discoveries
A kaleidoscopic view of urban life — in all of its pulsing colors, shapes and reflections — from cultures all around the planet in 2016.
Selection and text by Jim Casper
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111 New Street Photography Discoveries

A kaleidoscopic view of urban life — in all of its pulsing colors, shapes and reflections — from cultures all around the planet in 2016.

Flip through these photographs and you will see the world’s city streets through the eyes of more than 100 remarkable street photographers—photographers and images discovered by our editors in 2016.

The slideshow provides a bit of a kaleidoscope, jumping from one scene to another, from vibrant neon colors to graphic black-and-white, from bustling metropolis to lonely street corners. It provides a unique way to appreciate the people, forms, colors and cultures that pulse through our daily urban lives on planet earth.

Cheers!

—Jim Casper

Editor’s Note: All of these photographers were discovered by our editors while reviewing submissions for the LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2016. To see more great street photography, be sure to see all of the winners and finalists from the competition.

Street Scene. Raining day at Dhaka street corner where traffic is like organized chaos. © Adam Wong

Ghost Rider. Shadow of a jumping skateboarder on the pool of the Venice Skate Park on January 28, 2016. The skateboarder is flying so high that his body eludes the frame. © Dotan Saguy

Tribute to Joan Miro, El Raval, Barcelona, December 2015. The El Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain used to also be known as the Chinatown of Barcelona. Today, almost half of the district’s population was born abroad, including many residents from the Middle East and South Asia. This "Tribute to Joan Miro" mural, honoring one of Barcelona's most famous artists, was painted on this El Raval streetcorner in 2014. © Tom Stahl

Air Corridor No.5. © Zsolt Hlinka - Hungary

Taroudant © Victor Point

Neon Taxi. These ubiquitous taxicabs are an iconic element of the supercity. I tried to capture as many “HK elements” as I could in this one picture by getting up close to the vehicles in the foreground, and having the neon signages in the background and also on the windshield. 1/320 sec at f/6.8, ISO 3200. Leica SL , Leica Summilux-M 35mm Aspherical. Hong Kong, China. July 2016. © Jon She

Tahrir. Tahrir square during Jan25 protests, Cairo, Egypt 2011 © Nour El Refai

Crazy dog... Crazy Dog, who hates his clothes. © Michał Orliński

And there's no leaving now © Giulia Bergonzoni

Theater of Shadows © Álvaro Alejandro López de la Peña

Sandstorm. I took this photo in January of this year at Mingsha Shan, Dunhuang in China. © Tyler Magnier

enchantment under the sea. this photo is taken at The Atlantis hotel in Dubai. She could not believe the scale, size and number of fish and other marine life swimming on the other side of the glass ! © vahe saboonchian

The Winter © Cocu Liu

Niqab, Saudi Arabia. Al Balad, old Jeddah © abeer bajandouh

Hi! Photo taken from High Line (NYC) © Pedro Díaz Molins

Who's Driving You-10. The bustle and energy of London nightlife hums through the images, capturing the troubled times caused by London's rapidly changing economy and the rise of ride-sharing apps such as Uber. The dark portraits of taxi drivers at night are permeated by a poignant reflective light, juxtaposed with semi-abstract images of traffic in the evening glow. "In my job as a photographer I use Uber cars, black cabs and mini cabs to travel between shoots. During these journeys I noticed an underlying weight in the air as a result of current conflicts between app and black cab, card and cash. Noticing this mood, in an idle moment between jobs, I began taking a series of photos of cabbies lost in their thoughts. These haunting portraits are ones most passengers and Londoners are usually unaware of, as they ride in the seat behind." © oleg tolstoy

God — Barcelona, 2015. film 35mm © Matteo Astolfi

Architexture, Vancouver, BC 2012. Downtown Vancouver captured in the windows of a complex of office buildings. © Andrea Stone

Babel. The photo was taken in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, during the preparations for the 2016 Olympics. © José Roberto Bassul

Polo's Hands. Polo, a man whose life has been beset by abuse, drug use and gang violence, shows me his hands. They represent the work he has done to over come his gang past and move towards his religious future. His "OG" hand tattoos win him respect on the streets but his heart is in the church. Los Angeles, 2016 © Robert Krauss

Project AYLAik.Barcelona 7. Urban portrait photography is my speciality and my passion. I use natural light to capture shots, usually in urban environments. Finding the ideal light is one of the main assets of my work. © Oriol Llauradó Ballesta

Shared thoughts © sankar sridhar

Pink city elephant © sankar sridhar

Tirana. Elderly women sitting on a bench in a park. © Alexandru Ilea

Elle © Benillouche Lea

Istanbul daily_5 © Pedro Chica b

Bucket by the Sea, Chiba 2016 © Meg Hewitt

untitled_02. Venice © Maurizio Targhetta

2. Untitled Barcelona Series © Jordi Casañas

There is a certain bleakness assumed by a country that has been plagued by decades of war. In Afghanistan particularly, the landscape gives evidence of warfare—beggars wounded by bomb blasts grovel for spare change, educational opportunities are sparse, and citizens struggle to provide their families with basic necessities, even safe drinking water. Yet in the midst of this hardship, there exists a vibrant civilian life—one that is equally religious, playful and beautifully mundane. Small family-owned shops buzz with business, mosques host religious ceremonies, children turn trash into playgrounds, and neighbors play games in the streets. Afghanis perhaps best exhibit the resiliency of human spirit. © Moe Zoyari

New York, USA © Ed Peters

The two old ladies. Omodos village, Larnaca, Cyprus © Andreas Vassiliou

St.-Petersburg, Russland © michael lebed

Ben. NYC © Sheldon Serkin

Beer. On Piccadilly, London © Mark Davies

Headed Uptown. A man enters the Uptown train station at Prince Street. Soho, New York City. © Frank Multari www.frankmultari.com

"Sometimes you just need to let it go with the wind". Albania, 2014 © Galia Nazaryants

Taranto, città vecchia. Taranto, Italy. © Carmelo Eramo

Colors. San Juan, Puerto Rico, is full of color © Jordan Barab

Our day outside © Raymond Dean

Look At You. A Muslim woman walks by posters of parliament candidates in Cairo, Egypt. © Chaoyue Pan

Highly connected but lonely. In the new Smart City of Songdo, South Korea © Stéphanie Buret

A slaughtered sheep hangs in Barrydale, South Africa. Carcasses are hung in order for the blood to drain out before being butchered. © Ian McNaught Davis

Fluo. London, Leicester Square © Nico Ferrara

A moment of prayer © Joseph Minolfi

Rainy Days © Cocu Liu

street life #2. black figures stand out against a backlight wall © Anca Gabriela Rafan

Window Light © Natalie Weber

Comédie urbaine. -Paris- © Florian Lavie Badie Photography

Untitled © Jordi Casañas

Forbidden City. Taken just outside the Forbidden City in China. © Ron See

Subway. Man leaves subway into snowstorm. © Luc Kordas

turkey / istanbul © Engin Güneysu

Kensington and Somerset. Maria: I’ve been here almost 8 years and I see a lot of bad stuff going around and I don’t, they say when you go between it, you gonna do it too. That’s a lie, but I’m, my daughter’s right now, she’s 11 years old and I’m tired of her seeing this... Robert: Damn, the only people we know out here is, is junkies... this is better than HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, everything combined. You don’t need no cable, you don’t have to watch TV. You just gotta sit out here. You see drama, you see soap opera, you see violence, crime. Maria: You even see sex. © Jeffrey Stockbridge

#4ab STATIC TENSIONS. STATIC TENSIONS City Spaces. Changing. Mass Media Advertising. Ruling. Fictional Reality. Facing. Visual Overload. Drifting. Static Tensions. Growing. A Storm of Light and Shadows. 24/7. Noise. The series STATIC TENSIONS is about the impact of the omnipresent mass media advertising in urban spaces. The paired images reflect the tensions we are confronted with when we walk through the city. So the dyptichs show two separate photographed urban street scenes. Candid, not staged but always subjective. Currently the series contains 46 images, taken in Germany, Great Britain, Austria and Italy. © Oliver Raschka

"on" the train. In the street of paris. Me, my camera and my eyes. Only one picture, one shot. © olivier giachino

Seolleung Station © Argus Paul Estabrook

man on bus, Nepal. This image was created in Nepal one year after earthquake. © Séan Alonzo Harris

Topsy turvy © Julia Coddington

Screaming the bible. Mathare Kenya, a preacher scream © Simone Raso

Walking on the Shadow Wall. It can be hard to wait for 'the decisive moment' standing on top of a tower, the setting sun and the remaining time in the neck, observing a crowded place, people permanently passing by while I was having an idea on my mind. Then, suddenly, it happened: only this couple was approaching the stairs, alone just for one second. My hands (and my camera) were shaking when I caught the moment: this couple walking hand in hand on the shadow wall. © Tender Summerwind

Bus stop © Alex Vasyliev

Into London © Simone Becchetti

Vanishing London © Simone Rinaldi

Day Out at The Gallery, Brisbane Australia. Shot on film with a 1935 Leica iiia (g) © Pete Law

Manic Mumbai © Lewis Catalano

Parisians. Photo taken in the 11th arrondissement in Paris. © Jérôme TREIZE

commonplace 8 © Jean-Jacques Bernard

Pile high in a delicate balance. People here in Shanghai (and perhaps all over China) go to extraordinary length, regardless of personal safety, in order to make a living. This laundry collection serviceman piled bags of laundry, from this rich neighborhood on ChangLe Lu (长乐路) onto his modified bike retrofitted with a diesel motor. . The soft light from a cloudy day diffused through the tree-lined street on that Sunday afternoon was almost perfect. © Charles Yang

Window from the top © Skander Khlif

Untitled (Downtown Loop), 2016. From the series 'Downtown Loop' - an ongoing project shot entirely from the upper deck of the New York City "City Sightseeing" tour bus. © clark mizono

Srebrenica, from night to night. An empty street in the small downtown. On the windows of an abandoned shop, death notices are displayed. A streetlight illuminates a neon star-shaped that no longer works. Srebrenica (Bosnia). © Adrien Selbert

the star. I wanted to street in my project became a stage bathed in the spotlight , and people rolling their daily life, were actors. I wanted that the man was in the center, and the city was complement.I wanted that the man was in the center, and the city was complementPeople in this city are rushing every day , I think as anywhere else , and I wanted though at times they stop and tell something about them , about the city, show that each of us plays a role , which may be unique in its own way . © Jakub Cugier

Metro Paris. I am Oliver, 15 years old and visited Paris this week for the first time. I visited centre Pompidou. Seeing an exhibition by Robert Frank entitled the AMericans inspired me to take street photography in Paris. © oliver wright

Being Solo 14-08-2014. Where is she? I don't think she's there on the sidewalk, not in her mind. Looking at her expression I think she's somewhere we don't know. This does not make her a fashionable blond woman in a white dress like others, this makes her a person with whom we can identify our selves. That's what's fascinates me. We are individuals, personalities, no matter where we are and what we look like. © Martijn Steiner Lovisa

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Feature111 New Street Photography DiscoveriesA kaleidoscopic view of urban life — in all of its pulsing colors, shapes and reflections — from cultures all around the planet in 2016. Selection and text by Jim CasperView Images

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Feature
111 New Street Photography Discoveries
A kaleidoscopic view of urban life — in all of its pulsing colors, shapes and reflections — from cultures all around the planet in 2016.
Selection and text by Jim Casper
View Images