In Public: 50 Years of Candid Street Photography with George Schaub at the Guilford Free Library
Guilford resident and longtime photographer George Schaub will share images and reflections drawn from five decades of candid “street” photography, created both across the United States and in locations around the world. Join us on Thursday, January 15, from 7–8 PM for an engaging visual presentation and commentary on the people, places, and moments that have shaped his work.
Raised during the era when Life, Look, and the New York Daily News—“the Picture Newspaper”—were household staples, Schaub became familiar early on with the iconic images of Eisenstadt, Smith, and Capra, and later with the work of Bresson, Winogrand, WeeGee, and other pioneers of street photography. Their influence guided him when he first picked up a camera and, later, as travel opportunities broadened his photographic world.
Schaub’s talk will explore the instincts and ethics behind photographing people in public spaces, from candid encounters to “permission” portraits, always taken with what he describes as “a nod and a wink.” He hopes the program will encourage others to discover the expressive possibilities of street photography, and to see it as a way of capturing a personal point of view. For Schaub, this ongoing visual journal has become a kind of diary—one that continues to summon vivid memories of the characters, places, and fleeting moments he has encountered over the past fifty years.
