What is photowalking?

14 March, 2007 (15:36) | photowalking | By: trevorcarpenter

Photowalking is the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting. (See Wikipedia: Photowalking)

Some time back, Robert Scoble, of The ScobleShow, and Thomas Hawk, of Zooomr.com, started photowalking. A genre was born.

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Comments

Comment from The Pageman
Time: April 30, 2007, 12:47 pm

Thanks for sharing this - I’ll try photowalking this week and post some pictures :)

Comment from trevorcarpenter
Time: April 30, 2007, 2:53 pm

Can’t wait to see your shots!

Comment from pm
Time: May 7, 2007, 11:01 am

Why photo “walking”? Why give a new name to something that has existed since the mid 19th Century? It’s gone by the name of photographing for ever. Shall we rename “reading” “booksitting”?

Comment from Trevor
Time: May 7, 2007, 7:53 pm

pm, you pose a good question.

When the first English speaking settlers to Australia began inadvertently assigning English words to the native culture, I don’t know what they were thinking. To simply call a traditional “walkabout” a “hike” would have been accurate, however it would have fallen short of complete. True, it is a solo hike, sometimes spent for weeks at a time. But it needed a more complete description, a “walkabout” uses common terminology yet offers a more specific term, which is unique unto itself.

Photowalking is photographing, street photography, and/or documentary photography. However it is also a social experience. The point is not just taking photos. Photowalking involves people gathering at a specific time and place for the combined value of learning and sharing the experience. I can photowalk with a more experienced photographer and I’ll glean from the experience. It is a community event, one that satisfies our need for fellowship.

Plus, its new and unique, and the URL wasn’t taken. It got your attention didn’t it?

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