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24/08/01 (135 review reads) |
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Although the articles in this section tend to focus on the ins and outs of taking photographs which look great and bring back memories,I'd like to take a look at the hobby of photography from the subject's point of view.
Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed something quite disturbing.......People with cameras think they have the right to take pictures of absolutely anything without permission.Not just buildings,landscape and scenery but people.
You might wonder what I'm going on about here,but I have discovered that people(I believe tourists in particular)think they can take photos of my friends and I as we relax in our local high street.Not one asks for permission,they simply take some pictures and leave.
We find this quite upsetting and I would like to remind wannabe photographers that people are within their right to demand a film containing photographs of themselves.Its annoying,arrogant and especially cheeky when the photographers then deny taking the pictures at all!The thing is..if you ask for pictures,we would probably be more than happy to comply,but when you take them without permission we feel violated!So......if you're not happy to ask permission,then stick to inanimate objects thank you!
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- 18/02/02 Well, I have to disagree. If you are out in the public space (such as in the street as you said), then you are not guaranteed any privacy. I have just done a project on 'youth culture' for my photography class, and the amount of people who were like "He's taking a picture, waaaah". What's the problem? You DON'T HAVE COPYRIGHT ON YOUR OWN FACE. The idea of photojournalism is to document people doing normal things, just people relaxing, working, doing their thang. If you go up to them and say "Scuse me, can I take your photo", they're going to stop doing what they are doing and 'pose' for you - ruining a good photograph.
If you don't want to be photographed, don't go out in public. It's quite simple. |
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- 29/10/01 never have that problem meself..nobody wants to take pictures of me :-( |
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- 24/08/01 you should be able to charge them for the pictures like with tourist attractions! |
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