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David Campany: Street Photography Is Not Really About the Street
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- May 8, 2026
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Summary
David Campany, creative director of the International Center of Photography in New York, writer, curator and theorist, joins Eyeshot 50mm to discuss street photography, documentary photography, photobooks, interpretation, and why photographs are better at suggesting than explaining the world. In this conversation, Campany reflects on the limits of the photographic image, the difference between looking and understanding, and the role of writing, captions, sequencing, and context in documentary photography. From the idea that street photography is not really about “the street” to the tension between ambiguity and over-explanation, this episode opens up some of the most important questions around contemporary photography today.