People Brief- Candid Photography Research

Candid Photography is when you take a image where the subject or subjects in the photograph are unaware that the photograph is being taken. It could be argued that tabloid newspapers and magazines use alot of candid images and that it is a form of Papparazi. I think this is a difficult form of photography as it feels like spying on somebodys privacy and if people look directly at you whilst taking a shot they might become angry towards me.
Below are some shots that are in the candid genre of photography.

In this image we can see a young lady who is unaware that she has been photographed reading a book. She looks lost in her own world and this photograph is a good example of candid photography.

This image by Henri Cartier Bresson is a candid photograph but very different from the first photograph. This time the gentlemen in the image have been shot from a different angle altogether. However althoughthe two images are different I think they show the diffefences that you can achieve through candid photography.





This is probably Henri Cartier Bressons most famous image 'Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris. Cartier Bresson talked about the decisive moment and taking a photograph in a instant. The man is caught in mid-air just going about his business. I feel that this image fits in to the candid photography genre.

This is an image of Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud. This is a typical photograph that you would expect to find in a newspaper and magazine column. I do feel however that it is a candid image as the people in the photograph are unaware tha they are being photographed.