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Street photography! Wandering the city, camera around the neck, eyes wide open ready for that interesting human moment that will inevitably present itself. Simple or complex, quiet or volatile, provocative or disarming, whatever it may be.......a little girl dancing unselfconsciously while her toddler brother tries desperately to mimic her steps; a homeless lost soul deep in the throes of self destruction ; an unknown musician searing your heart, and his own, with his weeping guitar. Photography, like any art form, is about passion. If the subject inspires at the moment of perceiving it, whether it be an aged couple kissing in the park not caring who's watching, a pan-handler's eyes warily following each person that passes him by as if he were invisible or a cool dude taking a swig from a water bottle....so laid-back his actions seem to be in slow motion.....if it stirs emotion we want the lens of the camera to capture it...all of it...see what I see, feel what I feel. Don't think it's got much to do with fancy equipment & a lot to do with the burning desire to record a moment of humanity in all its truth, its pain, its lessons, its glory.
It's not illegal to take photos of people in public....is it ethical or moral is another story. Some cultures hold the belief (some would say primitively) that the soul, as an entity, is stolen when a photograph is taken. Not my belief but certainly the very act of capturing someone's image unbeknownst to them and displaying it publicly could be seen as stealing their right to privacy... and even their dignity if candid photography where to record & publish a compromising unguarded moment that could cause embarrassment. What do you think? Are you comfortable shooting street candids? Where's the line?
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Street photography! Wandering the city, camera around the neck, eyes wide open ready for that interesting human moment that will inevitably present itself. Simple or complex, quiet or volatile, provocative or disarming, whatever it may be.......a little girl dancing unselfconsciously while her toddler brother tries desperately to mimic her steps; a homeless lost soul deep in the throes of self destruction ; an unknown musician searing your heart, and his own, with his weeping guitar. Photography, like any art form, is about passion. If the subject inspires at the moment of perceiving it, whether it be an aged couple kissing in the park not caring who's watching, a pan-handler's eyes warily following each person that passes him by as if he were invisible or a cool dude taking a swig from a water bottle....so laid-back his actions seem to be in slow motion.....if it stirs emotion we want the lens of the camera to capture it...all of it...see what I see, feel what I feel. Don't think it's got much to do with fancy equipment & a lot to do with the burning desire to record a moment of humanity in all its truth, its pain, its lessons, its glory.
It's not illegal to take photos of people in public....is it ethical or moral is another story. Some cultures hold the belief (some would say primitively) that the soul, as an entity, is stolen when a photograph is taken. Not my belief but certainly the very act of capturing someone's image unbeknownst to them and displaying it publicly could be seen as stealing their right to privacy... and even their dignity if candid photography where to record & publish a compromising unguarded moment that could cause embarrassment. What do you think? Are you comfortable shooting street candids? Where's the line?