Copenhagen

I den store danske encyklopædi kan man læse:
Lars Bech, f. 1974, dansk fotograf. Bech er uddannet fotojournalist fra Danmarks Journalisthøjskole. Med det socialdemokratiske Langenæs/Århus/Danmark fra 2001 har han udfordret sin faglige baggrund med stærke farver og skæve vinkler lagt sig tæt op ad forbilleder inden for samtidens europæiske kunstfotografi med navne som Wolfgang Tillmanns og Richard Billingham.

Bogen om kvarteret Langenæs i Århus er meget velgjort i henseende til form, fotografi og teksperspektiv. Med en stil som i kunstsammenhæng kaldes "amatøræstetik", har fotografen nærmet sig sine objekter med humor og medmenneskelighed.
Læs hele den anerkendte svenske fotograf Hasse Perssons anmeldelse af fotobogen Langenæs/Århus/Danmark

So the colors of SoHo as they’re known, or at least as they ought to be known, the colors that are just a street photographers dream come true (where else can you find so many amazing backdrops?), are actually the result of many, many coats of bright paints. And they light up a photo in ways even a flash cannot.

For me, it’s all about New York streets. They’ve been immortalized in who knows how many songs and poems, movies and books, but even though I’ve spent years documenting them with my photography, I don’t think I’m any closer to understanding them than I was when I started. They are their own kind of art, and for a photographer, all you need to do is setup the shot and take it. I have lived in New York for only five years, but I have been a working, professional photographers for fifteen years now.

Street Scenes

Street Corner, NYC

You never know what you’ll find on the streets. And if you happen to be a photographer working in New York, that’s doubly true. I’ve had the good fortune to shoot all over the world, and when I come back to New York, I’m always reminded of why I started my career here.

The New York street scene is, for better or for worse, the street scene. It’s the one that is the most iconoclastic, and because of the backdrop of New York, it’s the one that I think people from just about anywhere imagine when they think of the idea of a street scene—whatever a “street scene” happens to be.

I created this album to showcase some of my favorite street scenes that I’ve captured in New York. This is nothing that I’ve done on contract or in my studio, just real life moments captured by me with my Mark III when I had some time to kick it around the city. I hope you like what you see. I did.