I feel like this article is something I neither agree with or disagree with. I understand what the writer is trying to say how some people wish not to be photographed however I feel like that is the whole point of street photography. I feel like street photography should provoke a bit of a response from people, whether its people looking at the image or the people in the image.
I know there is an issue of asking permission and consent from the people in the fame but that would just mean you don't catch the scene as its happening and once people are aware of you having a camera and that they are going to be in a photo they tend to act differently, whether they smile, try to get more into the centre, or even something as simple as their posture. It will change the outcome of the photo you originally saw.
For me street photography is about coincidence, being in the right place at the right time and seeing things in a way only a photographer would be able to see. Finding interesting things in your everyday life, and if you have to ask every persons permission, you lose that.
I feel like in street photography there should be a certain level of ethics, if I was out taking photographs and someone thought it was a problem and asked me to delete the photograph, I'd try to explain to them my project and why I thought the photograph was so important to take. Just be polite and try and explain it from your point of view and I think they would probably not care if they were in your image.
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