I was delighted to be invited to exhibit a selection of my work at the very first Dublin street photography festival alongside the legends such as Matt Stuart, Gustavo Minas, and Richard Sandler. 

The Irish Times did a write-up about it too with one of my images:

“Filling the frame is a technique that is used a lot in street photography. This image taken in Valencia is a great example. Polly Rusyn has used every edge of the frame, starting with a central idea of having the bollard become a seat for the driving woman. Rusyn waited for a second figure to enter the image in the lower right. To have the older lady appear wearing matching sunglasses and a set of sparkly antlers is like divine intervention.” – Paul Murray

I was invited to comment for an article on street photography ethics for Amateur Photography Magazine by photographer and all-round really nice bloke, Pete Dench. We had a great chat and the article features some of my remarks, and a couple of my photographs too. 

So lovely to be invited to exhibit the Wall of Women by Women at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023! The festival runs from 26th August 2023 to 22nd October 2023. Can’t wait to see the photo in situ. Thank you to Unexposed Collective for the invitation.

Thrilled to bits that The Street Photography Playbook made it to the top of the charts of UK Amazon! The playbook is available in both printed and digital versions. 

It contains 44 ideas organised into 10 sections to inspire you to grab hold of your camera, stuff your Playbook into your camera bag and dash out of the door determined to get your version of the example photos that accompany each prompt inside the book. There’s no fancy language, just straight talk, and loads of inspiration for street photographers of any level.

Plus each idea is illustrated by photography - mostly shot on my favourite camera for street photography, the Fujifilm X100V. 

It was lovely to be invited to submit a photo essay for Fujilove Magazine’s April 2023 issue. I decided to share my Purim celebration photos.

Lovely to be invited and featured on the Shotkit website, which features gear, software, reviews, learning resources, and of course photographers and their kits. As you can see my kit is VERY minimal haha. You can find out more about it right HERE.

My second article for PetaPixel! This time I wrote about: 6 Ethical Considerations When Doing Street Photography and wow, I got some haters! It’s incredible that the suggestion of an ethical practice would get people so riled up. I am a huge champion of street photography and admire the past masters. Today we live in a different time, and we need to adjust our practice a little, while still enjoying street photography. Which I want to last forever!

I’m thrilled to bits to be Runner Up in National Geographic Traveller UKs 2023 Travel Photography Competition, in the Portfolio Category.

Especially as I entered street photography! *wink

I’m very honoured to be part of a fabulous line-up of judges and guests at the Italian Street Photo Festival 2023! I have joined the judging team.

I’m well chuffed to have have an image featured in the newest street photography book on the block Reclaim the Street: Street Photography’s Moment by  Stephen McLaren and Matt Stuart (Published by Thames & Hudson). [Cover shot by Shin Noguchi]  

You can pre-order your very own copy right HERE (released in April 2023)

After initially creating both The Street Photography Playbook (Ideas, Inspiration, and Insights to use as Challenges, Assignments, and Prompts) and The Photo Composition Playbook (Rules, Tools, and Hacks to use as Ideas, Guides, and Experiments) as digital resources, I’ve now published them as actual books made of paper and they are available on Amazon. 

Available worldwide (excluding Japan and Australia)

I made my first Zine, ‘La Feria’, published it on Amazon and made the best seller list for a few hours beating Saul Leiter and Vivian Maier, who later rightfully took their places back! I also put together a checklist about how to publish a Zine using my method… Find out how to get hold of it HERE.

Well, that was a blast! I gave a talk at the Gothenburg Street Photo Festival (GSPF) called ‘The Importance of Ideas’ and it went down a treat. I was chuffed to bits with the response from the audience, and the whole weekend was so much fun meeting other street photographers, seeing Andres Peterson present his amazing body of work, and meeting my Swedish twin Malin Jochumsen. Of course I told everyone about the DoSP ;)

I pitched an article, they liked it, so I wrote it, and they published it! Check out my piece on 9 Myths about Street Photography on PetaPixel.

I like to think of street photography as capturing a scene from the accidental theatre that is unfolding in front of me created by a cast of strangers going about their daily life. The star of the show could be an interesting character or it could simply be some curious light, inky shadows, geometric shapes, or bold colours.

I believe that street photographs are hanging out in the street just waiting to be seen, and it’s my job as a street photographer to see them, be quick enough to capture them, creative enough to compose them, and stealthy enough not to get “caught in the act” by the people I’m photographing.  I don’t was to disturb anyone who has become part of the puzzle I’m solving.

And with curious light, inky shadows and bold colours in mind I selected 30 street photos for Bored Panda… 

Yours truly will be at Scandinavia’s only street photography festival in September 2022 talking about street photography and judging the colour category of the competition! I’m super excited to be part of a great line-up of speakers and judges. So if you are passing through Gothenburg then drop in and say hi! Find out more, grab a ticket or enter the competition in the festival website.

So lovely to be invited to contribute to the second issue of Framelines magazine lovingly curated by Josh Edgoose and Shane Taylor. I’m among a very cool line-up of photographers. Check it out and grab your copy HERE. And see the sneak peak below…

I have an interview on the Fujifilm blog about doing street photography on cloudy days. And I’ve published a blog with this ideas fleshed out on the Department of Street Photography website too. Check it out!

I am so grateful that I could still run street photography workshops and still get out with my camera to make pictures this year. And I’m super happy that I got some keepers! These are my best 9 of 2021… 

It’s that time of year again when we do a review and a round-up of our highlights of the year, and here are mine — made for Instagram stories! Here’s to an even better 2022. Cheers!

I created something that I wish I’d had access to when I started out as a street photographer! It’s called The Street Photography Playbook, and it is the ultimate digital guide to street photography ideas for street photographers… Check out all the intel over on my street photography courses, resources and workshops site — Department of Street Photography.

I was invited by Neale James of The Fujicast to be interviewed (in two parts). HERE is part one. And HERE is part two!

I am absolutely over the moon to have been invited to contribute to The Travel Photographer’s Way by the super talented travel writer and photographer, Nori Jemil, published by Bradt Travel Guides. I have been given “expert” status and have 3 double page spreads to show off! You can grab your very own copy right HERE

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Thrilled to receive this news - I’ve often looked at the recommended portfolios that Format feature as they host my portfolio for me (yep, this one!), so I was thrilled to bits to be one of those portfolios. Check out all 10 HERE

And if you fancy building your portfolio with FORMAT then get started HERE 

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I was invited to do a mini Q&A style interview on Street Photo Pool’s Instagram account. There are lots of other insightful interviews to have a read through.