Instead of going into another stupid round of regurgitated discussion, i decided to do a little critique challenge myself by selecting a top 3 from the preselection made for the video. I can't stomach looking at all the entries, so forgive me my lazyness.
Of the selected images these are my favourites.
https://fstoppers.com/entry/318250This image nicely depicts how we carry the burdens of our own grotesque imagination and how that affects our existence. A perfect metaphor about what life feels like at times for most of us. Head bend down looking at the ground, no longer looking where she might want to go, no longer knowing where she is heading, just pulling and pushing through life, tugging away each day from start to finish, from when we are born til the day we die. The burden so large it seems like start and finish right there in the image.
I believe this is great street, since it captures our attention with its to-the-point but balanced composition, its soft light and understated processing, which then makes one think about life. About the life of that particular individual, and then about life in general. This then allows you to make the connections between the elements in the picture and what they represent metaphorically, and thereby creating a solid narrative.
https://fstoppers.com/entry/318032Perfectly captures every conceivable contrast in just two elements. Small & big, light & dark, back & front, hunched & open, thereby even dislike & joy, defense & acceptance, young & old. With those last forms of contrast it even teaches us something about life: the older we get, the more we learn to accept the tribulations of life as a cleansing of the soul, nicely captured in the older person's religiously connotated stance in a downpour of rain.
Obviously, i'm assuming this is an actual and spontaneous situation. In that case it represents a great narrative quality derived from a slice of life. That makes it good street. If it is more or less posed or even composited, it remains solid narrative photography, but it would no longer qualify as street. In addition, if it was directed, i would also expect a slightly better balance in composition, something easily forgiven in an actual spontaneous streetshot.
https://fstoppers.com/entry/318493A little symphony in color. Not metaphorical street, but, as Rob likes to say,
streetart. A fleeting impression of complementary elements and befitting colors sliced straight from life in an urban setting. Not posed as in a candid or informal portrait, but a brief moment of beauty as one could encounter while commuting to work. Perfectly composed, captured, and processed. The composition could stand on its own, but with the aptly sized and serendipitously appropriate figurine added, the image gets an entirely new layer of meaning from its colors and shapes.