One of the things I enjoy most about these photos is a certain spacial wisdom, where spots/framing were discerningly choosen (no matter if willfully or not).
I find that in our times, it is crucial that we be very carefull of the surrowdings in the sense that cities are packed with unalluring elements whose monstrousness are killing the décor's magic.
Plastic scooters parked everywhere. Modern cars and buses horribly unaesthetic and boring; signs and advertising invading backgrounds, cold deshumanised banks glass facades with cheap logos replacing historical districts storefronts, building repairs hidden with horrible stockades with phone companies canvas, wooden windows replaced by aluminium/Climalit, pavements removed for asphalt, beautifull vintage cafés chairs and tables substituted by plastic, parks invaded by colourfull infant schools, plastic rubbish bins military green painted and recycling tanks every hundred meters, without talking about unapealing fashion (unispiring clothing with Nike logos), the list is long.
The urban ugliness with which we have to deal is shocking compared to our elders.
I did past experiment with friends to replace many great street masters photos with today's surroundings (in photoshop) and it drastically deteriorated the all atmosphere, very very clearly.
The golden age for street aesthetism took place till the end of the 70's because it helped photography instead of going against.
In the politicaly corrected nowdays, finding the right spots is a real challenge.
In those photos, at least, the photographer took care of what was going to appear in the frame.
#2 would have been much better without the recycling tank, but it's very hard no to get those
Horrors somewhere in the frames.
I would say that the first task of a comtemporary street photographer is scouting.
