that's why they had Rudolph the red nose reindeer"This is a terrible place to run out of gas... and on Christmas Eve, no less!"
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This image saddens me.
Yeah, me too.This image saddens me.
@AlwaysOnAuto, totally understand what you and @Brownie are saying. When I'm on the street casually I avoid shooting children and I'm very careful of the space of the homeless or disabled. I have great respect and admiration, though not emulation, for Arbus – we're in a far different societal place today. I had passed this fellow without a shot on my way down the street. After a while and a coffee, maybe 45 minutes, he was exactly where and how I left him – for me now a compelling story.Yeah, me too. That's not gonna buff out as us car guys like to say.
I'm sorry, I thought he (Brownie) was replying to the shattered screen photo, not the guy on the bench.@AlwaysOnAuto, totally understand what you and @Brownie are saying. When I'm on the street casually I avoid shooting children and I'm very careful of the space of the homeless or disabled. I have great respect and admiration, though not emulation, for Arbus – we're in a far different societal place today. I had passed this fellow without a shot on my way down the street. After a while and a coffee, maybe 45 minutes, he was exactly where and how I left him – for me now a compelling story.
Yeah, that one saddened me too.I'm sorry, I thought he (Brownie) was replying to the shattered screen photo, not the guy on the bench.
My error.
@AlwaysOnAuto, totally understand what you and @Brownie are saying. When I'm on the street casually I avoid shooting children and I'm very careful of the space of the homeless or disabled. I have great respect and admiration, though not emulation, for Arbus – we're in a far different societal place today. I had passed this fellow without a shot on my way down the street. After a while and a coffee, maybe 45 minutes, he was exactly where and how I left him – for me now a compelling story.
I understand, and it is a difficult question. I spent a lot of time on the street when shooting anything was fair game. Today, people react differently and I try to respect that. I'll do candid portraits with and without permission, for instance, group scenes, sometimes overtly sometimes not. I think the line I draw is when it starts to feel like I'd be taking advantage unfairly. So, "hello" yes, but are they down for a photograph ? Would it make someone feel they're targeted for their "otherness" ?A conundrum, the disabled, disadvantaged and cast aside, do we ignore them or do we celebrate them? I do not ignore the disabled in public. That fellow in the wheelchair deserves a "hello" just as much as the next fellow. But photographing them seems another question. Why? Is it us or them? I try to be catholic in my tastes and what I point a camera at. Those on the fringe are still part of the fabric.