Mark Cohen's photography, classified as street photography, really surprised me and forced me to rethink photography as art.  Some of his images, if I had taken them, I would have discounted as a really poor photo.  For example, there is a picture of two girls on a bus where the flash of the camera is reflected into the photo and obscures the face of one of the women.  Before seeing Mark Cohen's photographs I would have assumed that pictures like that would be cast aside and not used.  But his eye, and his focus on framing the shot before he even takes a photograph is so interesting and unlike anything I have ever imagined to be photography.  They style of photos he produces and the style in which he takes photos is unconventional, his use of a wide angle lens, no view finder, and an in your face photography, as well as his use of both black and white and color photography make him extremely unique.  I like that his street photography captures the simple aspects of everyday life we often see but take for granted, but he not only captures those moments but creates interesting moments when he shoves his camera in peoples faces or captures just the legs of an individual.  His photography is so visually stimulating because from picture to picture there was never the same thing twice, no distinct theme, or distinct direction, just the idea that he was going to capture the everyday in his photographs.  From the show I had three favorite photographs including Go Cart 2 Kids, 1974; Bus/Show 1977; and Bingo Caller/Table 2000.  Go Cart 2 Kids struck me because of how perfect it captures a very typical afternoon in the life of two boys playing, it was so real and I could imagine myself of that street seeing them play everyday.  Bus/Show caught my attention because it reminded me of some of the photographs Stephen Shore took and I liked having knowledge of another photographers work to compare a picture that I found similar.  Finally Bingo Caller/Table was just pleasing to the eye with the way the camera was lined up and the way the lights looked around the people, it was just extremely aesthetically pleasing to my eye.  I really enjoyed the show and Mark Cohen's photography has definitely shown me that there are lots of different ways to craft art, an individual just has to find their eye and inspiration.