We talk about street photography, street portraiture, and intentions often on this site; but I feel that the idea of the voyeur is something that we genuinely need to bring up again. I'm not one to say necessarily that voyeurs should necessarily be berated, but that I instead think that one's intentions should be put into perspective.

To get right to the meat of this problem, I want to tackle the issue of photographing children--one that is often brought up. Many photographers will say "No, that's wrong and you're going to get in trouble. " And they're right--in today's society, it's easy to be labeled as a predator of some sort. While taking pictures of people in public is completely 100% within your legal rights, I believe that street photographers should check their intentions in an effort to move street photography forward beyond the casual snapshot and the emulation of all those who came before us. That's not to say that there isn't good work out there--the street photography world has some fantastic work. But there is also a lot of the same and the images of many people look the same. . thephoblographer.com

2019-7-15 07:00