What I Learned From Magnum’s “The Art Of Street Photography”

As an academic I always enjoy learning from reliable sources and what I consider to be authorities in a field. I’ve given my life to photography, my greatest passion and love, so basically I always connect stuff with photography. Learning about photography is one of the most pleasant things for me, and after 10 years of walking with my camera, there is a lot still left for me to know.

Among many other institutions, collectives and photographers, Magnum Photos has been a huge source of inspiration and knowledge for me. Approaching the end of 2018, they decided to launch a new platform that could be a sustainability experiment or not. Frankly, I hope they continue with this project which they called Magnum Learn.

Today I want to share with you my very own and personal opinion about this course that is called “The Art of Street Photography”. I rarely (if not ever) read reviews or comments about certain stuff like movies, books, podcasts or series. These sort of courses often get reviews online, so I didn’t read any, it was Magnum, and I was in for it.

I’m telling you this before starting to give my own opinion on the course because I just remembered the online course from Annie Leibovitz that many criticized. People were expecting to take images like hers simply from that course, and that was obviously something that was not going to happen at all. Therefore, you won’t become a Magnum photographer or a highly successful street photographer from watching this…