Passionate Street Photographer
&
Travel Enthusiast

Welcome to my Photography Journey!​​

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HELLO, I'm Jan-Steven Merson, ​a Passionate Street Photographer & Travel Enthusiast. I am originally from Brooklyn, NY. I now call Southern California home.​

I have been a fulltime photographer for about 15+ years as a landscape photographer. A commercial photographer friend of mine took me on a weeklong adventure through the streets of Los Angeles and Orange County California. While walking with him for that week around the city, he explained that street photography is about capturing live candid moments and unexpected encounters! After that week I never felt the same way about Landscape Photography. I was hooked on street photography. Now eight plus years later, traveling the globe, I'm still seeking out the most candid and unscripted moments of life on the streets and teaching it through my workshops. I'm trying to instill the beauty of this genre, where you NEVER encounter the same thing twice. It's that one moment in time which you will never see again.​

Photography for me is all about capturing that one moment and memory and turning it into art, whether it's the vibrant energy of Cityscapes, Streets, Architecture or the serene beauty of Landscapes.

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Join me in one of my workshops as I share my adventures through the lens of my camera!