Studio grants followed at Cité des Arts and Fondation Cartier in Paris (1985/1986, 1989 and 1992), at Istituto Svizzero in Rome (1988/1989), in London (1997), and at P.S.

Streuli is known for his street portraiture, which has documented the anonymous urban citizen in various cities all over the world,[2] from Sydney and Tokyo to Athens and New York.

His camera freezes or distills the flow of everyday life, the movement of people in the city, reflecting on daily reality from an entirely anthropocentric perspective.

Photographing with the use of a telephoto lens, Streuli captures his subjects in an unguarded state, bringing them in close proximity to the viewer, lending them an iconic aura which transcends the ordinariness of the scene portrayed.

The viewers are implicated through the shared experience of negotiating public space, the natural state of watching and being scrutinized, of moving and paying attention.