Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Chefurka wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:42:23 -0700, Mark Rabiner > <mrabiner@concentric.net> wrote: > > >If people are going to have paranoid delusions of our motivations and > >unreasonable expectations of privacy that is not our as serious photographers problem. > > It can be our problem if they decide to act on those delusions - > either at the time through physical violence, or later through lawyers > (civilized violence...) > > I think it behooves us all to be polite to the public - after all, > they're our source of images. If you piss someone off and later I try > to take his picture and he breaks my nose, I will factor you into my > negative feelings... > > Paul Chefurka Legally and morally we have the right to go out and be photographers and capture reality without having to get into incredibly insulting discussions as to our moral motivations. I think serial killers get more respect than the average photographer. We are not shrinking heads we are taking pictures. Mark Rabiner