I admire your courage, Gigi, in choosing a challenge that you yourself are not familiar with. And I have chickened out for a couple of days whilst I might learn from those who posted before me - thanks for the leads everyone. Like many here, I tend to avoid taking pictures of people, probably for the same reasons, and one of my talents is having the patience to wait till people get out of the way and stop spoiling my composition!
I went in search of a little more explanation of street photography, and came across James Maher’s site, which I found quite helpful in covering the basics of a genre I was unfamiliar with. He tells us that people are not essential to “street photography”, but I didn’t find any helpful expansion of that position. Looking through various portfolios, it seems that BW images which include street people are the most common forms of the art.
If folks want a quick brush-up on the essentials, I think Maher offers a good start. No doubt there are many other quick guides, but this one satisfied me. If you have half an hour, look for his “The Essentials of Street Photography: eBook” on his list of contents at
https://www.jamesmaherphotography.com/
So despite my disavowals above, here are a couple that I think qualify from Haikou, China (1994). I have chosen not to convert to B&W (for now anyway).