Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] Where are the people?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:35:35 +0300
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Well, I am about to post four PADs from yesterday, three of which have 
people as the main subject, and the fourth has people in it too.

GDPR does not mean you cannot do street photography.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 11 Jun 2018, at 23:29, Matthew Hunt via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> The new GDPR privacy regulations may be to blame
> 
> Matthew
> 
> On 11/06/2018 19:13, Lawrence Zeitlin via LUG wrote:
>> I was requested by several local papers to review a photoshow in one of 
>> the most prestigious galleries in the Hudson valley. The juror was Dr. 
>> Bernard Kessler, a noted photographer who is on the faculty of several 
>> colleges and has won more than his share of awards and prizes. Sixty five 
>> photos, including two of mine, were selected of the several hundred 
>> submitted. What is notable about the show is that only two photos had 
>> discernible people in them. Photos of people are left to the ubiquitous 
>> cell phone. It appears that photographers using modern digital or film 
>> cameras don?t take pictures of people any more. They shoot landscapes and 
>> close ups. I must admit that I fall into the same trap. One of my 
>> pictures was taken with a Leica CL, the other with an Olympus DSLR. I 
>> take snaps of my wife, kids and grandchildren with a pocket sized P&S 
>> camera. It is so easy to use and the recipients won?t appreciate the 
>> quality of a larger camera.
>> 
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Replies: Reply from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Where are the people?)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Where are the people?)
Message from matthewnshunt at gmail.com (Matthew Hunt) ([Leica] Where are the people?)