Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sandra Hernandez reflects on how trying too hard to separate street photography from documentary photography started to block her creativity. The more she focused on defining the line, the less freely she could move. At some point, that changed. She stopped worrying about the category and started following intuition instead. Street and documentary, in her words, are more like siblings than opposites.
And maybe that’s the point: sometimes the work becomes stronger when you stop naming it and start trusting where it wants to go.
Watch the full interview on YouTube, and listen to Sandra in podcast form on all major streaming platforms.
Sandra Hernandez reflects on how trying too hard to separate street photography from documentary photography started to block her creativity. The more she focused on defining the line, the less freely she could move. At some point, that changed. She stopped worrying about the category and started following intuition instead. Street and documentary, in her words, are more like siblings than opposites.
And maybe that’s the point: sometimes the work becomes stronger when you stop naming it and start trusting where it wants to go.
Watch the full interview on YouTube, and listen to Sandra in podcast form on all major streaming platforms.
