Cinematic Street Portraits by Michael Goldberg

by Alison Zavos on July 30, 2012 · 3 comments

Michael-Goldberg photography

Los Angeles-based Michael Goldberg photographed these candid portraits on the streets of Madrid, New York, Sydney, Bangkok and Barcelona over two years. In this work he aims to ‘blur the line between fact and fiction, and play the tradition of candid street photography off the more artificial look of theatrically-staged photography’.

The images are unposed, but the strobe light creates a sense of heightened drama associated with the fictional world of cinema and advertising.

Michael-Goldberg photography

Michael-Goldberg photography

Michael-Goldberg photography

Michael-Goldberg photography

Michael-Goldberg photography

Michael-Goldberg photography

Michael-Goldberg photography

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 AC 07.30.12 at 12:21 pm

Very stirring photographs. I quite like them.

2 Beth 07.31.12 at 8:22 am

You might also want to check out Katy Grannan’s street portraits, currently on view at the LACMA Broad Contemporary Arts Museum.

3 Mia 08.01.12 at 5:35 pm

Wow!!!!

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