Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] re: taking photos of muslim women
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:36:08 +1100
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA258013709EE@asc02.asc.upenn.edu>

>you can't paint a topic like this with a very broad brush. people are
>different all over the place. some people, muslim or not, women or men, in
>the u.s. or abroad don't want their picture taken some don't mind and some
>people love it. i've photographed muslim women in the u.s. and in egypt.
>just ask first. if they don't want to be photographed, they'll let you know.
>
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/egypt-11-2001/nas.jpg
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/egypt-11-2001/turkey2.jpg
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/egypt-11-2001/khan3.jpg
>
>it also depends a lot on how close you are to a big city. big cities, i've
>found, are pretty much the same wherever they are in the world. the women in
>cario are more apt to wear jeans, not cover their hair, and read Vogue than
>the women somewhere in backwater Yemin.
>
>just don't act like an idiot and you'll be fine.
>
>just my .02

this I totally agree with: I think we who like to use a camera to 
record life have the right to do so, but we should all use 
commonsense, and respect others, with becoming too "retentive".

Cheers
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Alastair Firkin

http://www.afirkin.com

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In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> ([Leica] re: taking photos of muslim women)