Rape Seed/Trinity College/Begger - C&C

Dragan

magicbastarder wrote: »

it's nothing to do with what you think about the merits or lack thereof in photographing beggars.
it's about what the beggars think.

you wouldn't (i assume) take a candid photo of an adult crying. similar principle.

(I feel really bad for continuing the off topic but i am finding this very interesting, very sorry Slumped ))

If this were the case then we could not take a spontaneous photo of anyone, at any time as we do not know what they are feeling, or how they would feel about it.

It seems to me that people are assuming that homeless people do not want there photo to be taken, that the photographer is somehow taking advantage of the disadvantaged for their owns gains.

I would disagree. I posted my own such shot in the random photo thread. I took the shot and then went up the the man in question afterwards and asked him did he mind. He asked to see the photo and i showed it to him and he looked up at me and said "Funnily enough i remember what i was thinking when you took it." We chatted for a while about various things and one thing he did say was that he finds it interesting that people would want to take his photo but that he appreciated it as "most people don't even see a person, or someone to be interested in."

Then on Monday i was walking the back streets to find new pieces of street art (Asbestos is back in action it seems for any others who like to document their work ) and met a couple in one of the alleys. They saw me and asked me would i like to take there picture. The stood up and posed together, both with big happy smiles on their faces.

Now these are just small examples but at the end of the day they are examples.

I find the idea that i should NOT take someones photo because of their circumstance to be a bit iffy myself.

As for candid photo's of an adult crying, i have done that as well, although it was of myself so i doubt that counts. But obviously yes, if someone seems to be stressed out or upset then you would obviously think twice about taking the shot....but that still happens everyday, well, last time i checked the papers anyway.

Alicat

Your photos are lovely Slumped! Apologies for ranting in your nice thread

Mellor

Is it better to photo a child that is pretending to cry,
or one that is actually crying, and really upset?


What about a homeless person, or a person pretending to be homeless for the photo,

For me, the presence of real emotion is what makes the photo ok,
Faking it is horrible, as is pretending it doesn't exist or ignoring it,