Okay, maybe we can establish another box, a place where we can show shots that need have nothing at all to do with human figures, pretty, grotesque or at all, but do look at the shapes, designs or just random images that the town, village or city can give - if it feels so inclined.
I tend to think of this genre as a "cityscape." And of "street photography" having a narrative element, as Russ Lewis has argued—although I'm not inclined to be doctrinaire about it. The narrative aspect may be explicit or implicit, but the picture should prompt the viewer to ask, "what's going on here?"
Cityscapes, like landscapes, at least in my taxonomy, are more about the interplay of color, shape, light, and shadow than of "what's going on here." I shoot a lot of cityscapes (most not worth sharing) because my wife and I have lived in, and tend to travel to, urban environments.
Attached:
(1)
Concave Street in Budapest;
(2)
Oil Rig Supply Facility in St. John's, Newfoundland;
(3)
Calle Zacateros in San Miguel de Allende, México.
