Analyzing street photography in the contex of graphic design elements

Due to the rapid development of technology, especially in recent years, the availability of many affordable consumer electronics, and the fact that even mobile phones have very high quality cameras have made many people interested in the art of photography, thus producing a much larger amount of photographs and spreading them to large masses. Since public areas are accessible to everyone without the need for studio rental, the prevalence and popularity of street photography, which is a branch of photography, has increased rapidly. While the equipment is so easily accessible, in a highly spontaneous work area, in other words the streets are open to everyone - non-fictional, constantly changing and moving - what makes a street photo, whose basic principle is to capture the right moment, better, special and more remarkable than another street photo? Is it possible not to compromise on the correct technical use and aesthetics while capturing that unique moment that will never be repeated? Both in art and design, and in many areas of life, there are rules designed to positively affect / direct the perception in the desired / targeted way and to reach the good and the right regardless of the subject. In the graphic design discipline, in order to achieve a successful visual result, graphic design elements -such as line, point, color, texture, form, shape, direction, space, fullness, light, shadow, rhythm- that affect the design and visual perception positively are used. In this study, it will be examined how to achieve control at aesthetic and technical level by using graphic design elements and thanks to the presence of these elements, the produced street photography will capture the moment while at the same time positively affecting the visual quality in what directions and how it will add extra value in street photography, that is free, variable, dynamic and has a mostly uncontrolled field of study. Keywords: Graphic Design, Graphic Design Elements, Photography, Street Photography