--- description: Everybody Street, a new documentary by Cheryl Dunn, chronicles the life and work of 13 of New York's most renowned street photographers title: Meet New York's Most Famous Street Photographers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea87a6f19ce45d97/6987e5fdf887dc6717e8d67b/freedman_sc_street_smoke.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # On Everybody Street: Meet New York's Famous Street Photographers ## Video: "Everybody Street" Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): "Everybody Street" Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/w3L7uHHF.m3u8) (2:09)  _Published 2014-02-20. "Everybody Street" Trailer_ by [Richard Conway](/author/richard-conway/) ## Richard Conway Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2014 9:00 AM CUT  "Restraint", 1979. "Restraint", 1979.Jill Freedman—Courtesy Higher Pictures by [Richard Conway](/author/richard-conway/) ## Richard Conway Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2014 9:00 AM CUT _Why is it that some photographers take to the studio, while others take to the street? Is street photography photojournalism, art — or both?_ These are some of the questions raised by _Everybody Street_, a new documentary chronicling the life and work of 13 of New York’s most renowned street photographers, including Joel Meyerowitz,Bruce Gilden, Mary Ellen Mark, Elliot Erwitt, Jeff Mermelstein, Boogie and Martha Cooper. In order to find answers, director Cheryl Dunn shadows these photographers — many of whom are still working — as they share their often-personal relationships with the camera, and interlaces the resulting oral history-like conversations with images of their unedited photographic stills. It’s a meandering, engrossing film that, despite its sometimes fractured pace, nonetheless centers solidly around New York as an important center of street photography, and the craft itself as an always diverse — if often inconsistent — form of revelation. **A trailer for Cheryl Dunn’s** **_Everybody Street_** For Dunn, it is the immediacy of this photographic form that sets it apart: “There is a big element of chance,” she tells TIME. “You need to be open to anything. It’s different from other forms.” Indeed, through Dunn’s eyes we certainly see the sheer diversity of the photographers’ work. There is the nervy discomfort of Boogie’s projects on crack addicts, the natural elegance of Mary Ellen Mark’s Vietnam war protestor portraits, and there is a beautiful, sometimes sublime joy that emerges from Elliot Erwitt’s lens. Dunn’s direction leaves us with little doubt, too, that while this may be a unique form of photography_,_ it is surely a branch of photojournalism; a branch often as coarse and as wonderful as the streets from which it emerged. --- [**Everybody Street**](http://everybodystreet.com "undefined") _plays March 3rd at 7pm the School of Visual Arts in New York. A Q&A session with director_ **_Cheryl Dunn_** _and photographer_ **_Joel Meyerowitz_**_, moderated by TIME’s Director of Photography_ **_Kira Pollack_**_, will follow._ **_RSVP for this event at everybodystreet@alldayeveryday.com_** _Join_ **LightBox**_‘s first ever live Twitter chat Friday, Feb. 28 at 3pm EST with_ **Everybody Street** _director_[_@cheryldunn7_](https://twitter.com/cheryldunn7 "undefined") _#AskLightbox_ **_Richard Conway_** _is Reporter/Producer for TIME LightBox. Follow him on twitter_ [_@RichardJConway_](https://twitter.com/RichardJConway "undefined") ---  Lower East Side, New York City, c. 1940's. Rebecca Lepkoff—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  Lower East Side, New York City, c. 1940's. Rebecca Lepkoff—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  Lower East Side, New York City, c. 1940's. Rebecca Lepkoff—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  Lower East Side, New York City, c. 1940's. Rebecca Lepkoff—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  New York City, 1963. Joel Meyerowitz—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  New York City, 1963. Joel Meyerowitz—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  Greenwich Village, New York City, 1974. Joel Meyerowitz—Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery  "Restraint", 1979. Jill Freedman—Courtesy Higher Pictures  "Knife Fight Alphabet City", 1979. Jill Freedman—Courtesy Higher Pictures  "Loose Change", 1981. Jill Freedman—Courtesy Higher Pictures  "Rocky", 1978. Jill Freedman—Courtesy Higher Pictures  "Rage", 1980. Jill Freedman—Courtesy Higher Pictures  A gangster holds the tools of his trade: a gun and dime bags of crack cocaine, each with a street value of $5 USD. Summer Housing Public Housing Projects, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY, 2007. Boogie  Crack and heroin addicted mother of three shoots up in the bathroom while her children are knocking on the door asking for help with their homework. Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, 2004. Boogie  Enrique performs at the crossroads in Mexico City. Mexico, 2007. Boogie  Vertical patrol. A police officer patrols rooftops of the public housing projects. Summer Housing Public Housing Projects, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY, 2005. Boogie  USA. New York City. 1979\. World Trade Center or the Twin Towers. Elliott Erwitt—Magnum Photos  Ann Slavit’s inflatable vinyl sculpture Della Street (©1978), exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City, USA, 1978. Elliott Erwitt—Magnum Photos  USA. New York City. 1969. Elliott Erwitt—Magnum Photos  A young couple from the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, 1980. Jamel Shabazz  3 brothers from East Flatbush, Brooklyn, share an intimate moment after leaving the barbershop, 1988. Jamel Shabazz  Tougher than leather. The Lower East Side, NYC, c. 1985. Jamel Shabazz  A former Marine who served in the Vietnam war with the 3rd Marine division during 1968 -1969\. The Lower East side, NYC,1988. Jamel Shabazz  Pro-Vietnam War demonstrator, New York City, 1968. Mary Ellen Mark  Anti-Vietnam War demonstration, New York City, 1968 Mary Ellen Mark  Pro-Vietnam War demonstrators with flag, New York City 1968. Mary Ellen Mark  Jeanette's neighbors in their kitchen, Brooklyn, New York, 1979. Mary Ellen Mark  USA. New York City. 1996. Bruce Gilden—Magnum Photos  USA. New York City. 1986. Bruce Gilden—Magnum Photos  USA. New York City. Woman walking on Fifth Avenue. 1992. Bruce Gilden—Magnum Photos  New York City, c. 1993-1997. Jeff Mermelstein—Courtesy Rick Wester Fine Art, New York  New York City, c. 1993-1997. Jeff Mermelstein—Courtesy Rick Wester Fine Art, New York  New York City, c. 1993-1997. Jeff Mermelstein—Courtesy Rick Wester Fine Art, New York  New York City, c. 1993-1997. Jeff Mermelstein—Courtesy Rick Wester Fine Art, New York  USA. New York City. 1959\. Brooklyn Gang. Bengie combing his hair outside the candy store. Bruce Davidson—Magnum Photos  USA. New York City. 1959\. Brooklyn Gang. Bruce Davidson—Magnum Photos  USA. New York City. 1959\. Brooklyn Gang. Bruce Davidson—Magnum Photos  Lower East Side, New York City, 1978. Martha Cooper  Lower East Side, New York City, 1978. Martha Cooper  Lower East Side, New York City, 1978. Martha Cooper  Lower East Side, New York City, 1978. 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