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.
Guilford resident George Schaub has taught and lectured at workshops and universities in the US and abroad. He served as an Adjunct Professor in the photography department at the New School/Parsons School of Design in New York City for twenty years and worked as an editor at technical and mass circulation photographic magazines throughout his career.
His images have been published in a wide range of publications, including The Sunday New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Travel Holiday, New Mexico Magazine, Camera Arts, and Lens Magazine, and he has exhibited work in galleries and museums throughout the United States.
This program is free and open to all.
Please register.