You show us over and over the power of pictures and how they say So much without words! especially when one is put beside another ! Thanks ,these pictures have been a fun study of ,mostly ,human nature.❤️Celina
In street photography circles, photographing the homeless is a point of discussion, usually viewed as flirting with exploitation. This has always been uncomfortable for me. As a human I empathize with the arguers' point, but as a scientist (also a human!) and a photographer it conflicts with my innate, inner documentarian self. It is one of those inherently unresolvable issues, I guess. Reality is under no obligation to be self-consistent.
I've no doubt the couple in the window were *fully* aware of their exposure. That was entirely their choice, so no ethical issue exists. And that, I suppose, is the "opposable" juxtaposition here: circumstantial choice versus non-choice.
That is so very well put. Since the homeless guy is truly anonymous, I did not worry about the ethics of this pic, but I share your concern and also your desire to document. It is an ethical dilemma. Take a look at the comment by Rhoda's comment. I though it was really perceptive.
Your opposables are always intriguing to me no matter the subjects or the locations. For some reason, this pair struck a nerve. Privacy is essential. Why do so many people reveal themselves so willingly on social media? Crazy. The lovers in the window, lost in their lust, let you decide how much privacy to give them, and you decided to celebrate their pleasures while protecting their identities, which seems to me to be an ethical choice. The poor soul in his (or her?) black plastic bags reminds me that privacy costs money. The viewer actually sees less of him than of the lovers, but to me he seems so much more exposed. Privacy is an expensive ingredient of security? You really got me going.
That is so well put and such a perfect understanding of what i was trying to do and more. And you are right the guy on the bench IS more exposed and that privacy is expensive. people in ny tend to live in front of windows perhaps assuming that there is privacy in the numbers that create anonymity..
Wow,Terry,
You show us over and over the power of pictures and how they say So much without words! especially when one is put beside another ! Thanks ,these pictures have been a fun study of ,mostly ,human nature.❤️Celina
Thanks Celina. That is very encouraging to hear.
In street photography circles, photographing the homeless is a point of discussion, usually viewed as flirting with exploitation. This has always been uncomfortable for me. As a human I empathize with the arguers' point, but as a scientist (also a human!) and a photographer it conflicts with my innate, inner documentarian self. It is one of those inherently unresolvable issues, I guess. Reality is under no obligation to be self-consistent.
I've no doubt the couple in the window were *fully* aware of their exposure. That was entirely their choice, so no ethical issue exists. And that, I suppose, is the "opposable" juxtaposition here: circumstantial choice versus non-choice.
That is so very well put. Since the homeless guy is truly anonymous, I did not worry about the ethics of this pic, but I share your concern and also your desire to document. It is an ethical dilemma. Take a look at the comment by Rhoda's comment. I though it was really perceptive.
Your opposables are always intriguing to me no matter the subjects or the locations. For some reason, this pair struck a nerve. Privacy is essential. Why do so many people reveal themselves so willingly on social media? Crazy. The lovers in the window, lost in their lust, let you decide how much privacy to give them, and you decided to celebrate their pleasures while protecting their identities, which seems to me to be an ethical choice. The poor soul in his (or her?) black plastic bags reminds me that privacy costs money. The viewer actually sees less of him than of the lovers, but to me he seems so much more exposed. Privacy is an expensive ingredient of security? You really got me going.
That is so well put and such a perfect understanding of what i was trying to do and more. And you are right the guy on the bench IS more exposed and that privacy is expensive. people in ny tend to live in front of windows perhaps assuming that there is privacy in the numbers that create anonymity..
The man in the garbage bag makes me so sad, the girl in the window, pull the curtain,please!
Yes, to the first. Well, maybe to the 2nd.