It's a weird time to get into photography. The digital age has made everyone a photographer, but that's only part of it. The art of street photography has become a challenge in particular. People are all paranoid that they're gonna end up all over the internet or something like that.
I am ranting a little bit here. Of course, it's perfectly OK to not want your picture taken, but it used to be that that was due to camera shyness. Now it's completely different. Instead of going on and on, I am going to use other examples I've found on the web to make my point
This is a story from October, 2011, about a man who was banned from a mall in Scotland for snapping two cell phone photos of his daughter eating ice cream.
This is from SnapBlog, which sent six photographers out on the street so they could document how photographers get interrogated and harassed for taking photos in a public place.
The photographers and the Scottish dad were told that they couldn't take their photos because of security reasons and terrorism. I find this to be an appalling excuse when there are cameras watching our every move on the street and we would be told that they are there for the same reasons.
Stand your ground, people.
--DR
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