Spontaneity and Story with Street Photographer James Hazelwood
About this episode
James Hazelwood discusses his approach to street photography and storytelling after embracing retirement.
James Hazelwood is a Rhode Island-based photographer who recently embraced retirement as an opportunity to pursue photography full-time. Since retiring, he’s launched an ambitious publishing schedule on Substack, where he shares photo stories that blend his street photography aesthetic with personal narratives from his travels and everyday experiences. His work can be found at jameshazelwoodphoto.com, and he’s active on the new photography app Foto. James has a refreshing approach to street photography—one that extends beyond traditional boundaries to embrace storytelling both in photographs and in written form. Rather than debating what qualifies as “street photography,” he applies the street photographer’s mindset to everything he photographs. As he explains, “The whole candidness, the spontaneousness, trying to find the different angles and ways of capturing moments wherever it happens is street photography.” This philosophy has led James to create warm and personal photo essays documenting both his travels and intimate personal projects. His Southern Crescent series, published in the January 2026 issue of Street Photography…
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