Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 31/7/00 11:40 am, John Collier at jbcollier@home.com wrote: > No offence taken John as my post was partly tongue in cheek. I do, however, > feel that a great deal of the currant legislative backlash against street > photography is due to the general public's perception that street > photography is an intrusive and harassing act. While I do agree with you, > the problem is not convincing me, or almost any photographer, but the > general public. Their worse fears run along the lines of being photographed, > a la Mussolini, in embarrassing situations such adjusting the position of > undergarments or genitalia, or the classic, picking their noses. The > unfortunate all too public intrusiveness of some will have far reaching > effects on you and me. Now you put it like that I agree with you! Thanks for being a good sport in the face of my rant. I must say that I think the paranoia about SP is overdone. If you actually go out there and take pictures in a reasonable manner, it's basically not contentious. Photographing criminals, junkies, illegal aliens, drunks etc can get you in trouble but i suspect it always did. - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com