Guest curator Barbara van Schaik, who runs the Shots of Backs are Boring street photography group on Flickr.
Jan. 21st Women’s Marches around the world — in pictures


Female Street Photographers
Guest curator Barbara van Schaik, who runs the Shots of Backs are Boring street photography group on Flickr.
co-curator Lisa Guerriero
Every few weeks we have a new challenge in our FB community, each one hosted by a different photographer, who introduces her challenge, then curates the top picks from the submissions. Some are featured on our IG or Tumblr, and may result in a gallery here on our blog. She also then selects the person who will run the next challenge. We had the challenge from Karina Brys “Yin Yang.” She says:
“In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate with one another — such as light and dark, fire and water, expanding and contracting.”
Her Side of the Street
The blogzine for women street photographers
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Every few weeks we have a new challenge in our FB community, each one hosted by a different photographer, who introduces her challenge, then curates the top picks from the submissions. Some are featured on our IG or Tumblr, and may result in a gallery here on our blog. She also then selects the person who will run the next challenge. We had the challenge from Pauline Miller “Street Games.” She says:
“I’m sure you will agree that with all the computer games and social media that surrounds us, it has become a scene worth preserving when you see kids, or adults interacting and having fun by participating in some outdoor game or activity. Memories of my own childhood come flooding back when I’m fortunate enough to come across such scenes.”
Her Side of the Street
The blogzine for women street photographers
| FB | Instagram | Tumblr |
Another favorite spot for me to capture the motion of the city is in Hong Kong’s bustling Nathan Rd. I often stand on the pedestrian crossing island and wait for the lights to change in order to get ghostly figures crossing the road in each direction.
I caught this striking looking woman who approached me at a pedestrian crossing in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Shutter speed was slow and high DOF but there was also some movement in the camera, as I tried to avoid the other pedestrians coming towards me.
Pauline is originally from Scotland, and has spent the last 18 years living in Hong Kong, and traveling throughout Asia. She enjoys many genres of photography, but her passion is on the streets where she savors the challenges and unpredictability that it offers.
Berlin train station. I on the go, people on the move, the tram in motion.
Berlin train station. I focused on people on the sidewalk in front and waited for the train to shoot.
Milan, November afternoon. Point and shoot and damp air, shot in low light with movement and a thin glass in front of the camera.
Batsceba is a multimedia artist from Milan, and currently resides in Berlin. Follow her street work on 500px.
Mercado in Guanajuato, Mexico. Shot literally from the hip with a wide angle lens while walking.
Ciutat Vella during the annual Falles festival in Valencia, Spain. Shot while walking.
Centro Histórico in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Shot with a point and shoot while standing still at a street corner.
Heidi grew up in rural southeast Arizona near the Mexican border, and studied fine art (drawing) at university. As an adult she has lived in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, and is currently based in Valencia, Spain. View more of her street work on Flickr.
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