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A famous quote from Canadian photographer Ted Grant captures the essence of photographing people in black and white – “When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!”.
The magic of black and white indeed works exceptionally well in street photography, where the broad aim is to photograph candid shots of people going about their daily lives in public spaces.
This post showcases 14 street photographs in black and white for you to enjoy. We hope that they inspire you to create some black and white candid street photos of your own.
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Photo by Balaji Srinivasan
Photo by jesse williams
Photo by Guilherme Romano
Photo by Ben Allen
Photo by Frans Hulet
Photo by Julia Giacomini
Photo by Riccardo Chiarini
Photo by Buchen WANG
Photo by Fabrizio Azzarri
Photo by Alex Blăjan
Photo by Dimitri de Vries
Photo by John Moeses Bauan
Photo by Wiebrig Krakau
Photo by Denis Gažík
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