I enjoy the photographers you've linked to Japanese photographers are great but I think you are wrong with the generalisation about Western photographers. Ther

I enjoy the photographers you've linked to Japanese photographers are great but I think you are wrong with the generalisation about Western photographers. There's definitely people that work on prearranged scenes but there's also people like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Kappa that pushed the idea of "the decisive moment". They worked with pre-set Leica range finders and usually a single lens (50mm). Their idea was to just see perfect moments, be in the right place and just take the photo. Or Weegee The Famous. He was a New York press photographer turned artist who when once asked what the secret to good photograph was answered "f8 and be there". i.e. just take the photo and don't worry about the imperfections. ...or William Klein. He made his name initially taking blurry street photographs as he walked about. These are all well known big names but you get the point. Western photography is too broad a term to jump to conclusions about a dominant style.