tumblr_muu6yfn4aB1qdc4eoo1_r1_1280.jpg
tumblr_muu6yfn4aB1qdc4eoo2_r1_1280.jpg
tumblr_muu6yfn4aB1qdc4eoo3_r1_1280.jpg
tumblr_muu6yfn4aB1qdc4eoo4_r1_1280.jpg
tumblr_muu6yfn4aB1qdc4eoo5_r1_1280.jpg

Photographer Michael Wolf’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ serves as a documentary of the ups and downs (literally) of daily human life. Setting up a camera and tripod, Wolf takes pictures of Google Street View images and captures everything from people falling off bikes to cars on fire.

Reminiscent of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s 'decisive moment’ and the humorous photos of Weegee, this series is a redefined and modernized approach to photojournalism. Some praise him for his smart series and others accuse him of appropriating the images from Google. I personally see this series as an amusing look at humanity; it’s something that we, as humans, can all relate to when it comes to the smaller disasters of daily life-that moment you fall off your bike in front of others, that moment you can’t hold it, that moment your car starts smoking…

Not to mention, we all take part in the voyeurism that is today’s internet. Maybe Wolf is the ultimate troll of Google Street View!

See more of the series at Word Press Photo, who awarded Wolf with an Honorable Mention in 2011. 

Previous
Previous

First Listen: Death Cab For Cutie, 'Transatlanticism (10th Anniversary Edition)'

Next
Next