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Street Photography and Documentary Portraiture Workshop II (2021)

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Tom R. Chambers taught an all-day street photography and documentary portraiture workshop at  Precision Camera (Education Center) , Austin, Texas, October 9, 2021. He covered the  history of street photography, discussed Masters' photographs and his photographs , and discussed the street environment and documentation concepts/strategies . PowerPoint Presentation (tomrchambers.com) The participants made photographs on the streets of Austin based on classroom discussion, and then returned to Precision Camera to critique and select their images for an exhibition titled,  "On the Streets of Austin II (Reflections)"  held at  Artworks Gallery   in the city, January 8 - February 12, 2022.  Chambers states, "For a first-time approach on the streets of Austin, the participants did very well. Street photography is not an easy genre, if you take into account that it requires the introduction of the human element as it relates to: environment, evaluation/assessment, activity (m