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 workshyandshameless John & Lynn Post Count: 16 Msg: #1 113 days ago, July 30th 2009 | What made me post this is something I saw when I was in San Cristobal De Las Casas two months ago. I saw a tourist position his mates on some steps leading up to a plinth that supports a wooden cross in a town centre plaza. At the bottom of the steps and between him and his friends was a bench and on it were three indigenous women with their children. He'd clearly positioned his mates on the steps under the guise of photographing them, but really he wanted a photo of the women below them on the bench dressed in their indigenous costumes. The women knew it too and all of them covered their faces with their scarves in an action of defiance. But the photographer was persistent and continued snapping away until he got his shots regardless. | Many different indigenous peoples sell their textiles on the streets dressed in their traditional costumes in San Cristobal. But many indgenous people walk though the town also dressed like this for no other reason than those are the clothes they always wear and have always worn. You get the feeling that although being in San Cristobal feels like being in a cultural museum it is actually a working town. At first I found the indignous people in San Cristobal a little reticent towards foreigners. But after being in San Cristobal a couple of weeks I thought "maybe they're just sick of having tourists stick cameras in their faces everytime they nip into town to buy a pint a milk". I don't really have many photos of people from the countries we've visited. I wouldn't want to ask someone for a photo only for them to tell me they wanted money for letting me photograph them as happens a lot in places where people in their cultural regalia and tourists collide. I wouldn't pay someone for a photo. But also I would feel a bit weird about taking photos of them on the sly or against their will. Or is all fair in love and getting the perfect photo for your blog? Any thoughts? [Edited: 21:39 - workshyandshameless ]  Mell Mell Post Count: 13894 Msg: #2 113 days ago, July 31st 2009 | Here are a couple of related threads. | Taking photos of strangers and visa versa Money and gifts for photos? [Edited: 12:52 - Mell ] Jake153 Jake Jake Post Count: 1 Msg: #3 81 days ago, August 31st 2009 | Personally, I have no problem with taking photos of someone without their consent. | The first reason is that there is no malicious intent in the photos i take. If I see a really pretty woman that I wanna capture, I'll snap a shot. I would never just walk out in front of her and take the picture, though. I have a 500 mm telephoto that takes care of it for me. The second and most important reason is, well, it is perfectly legal. As long as she's 18+, and in public, there is nothing against the law about it. If she happened to see me take the picture and asked me to delete it, i of course would, but 99% of the time people are just too busy or not paying enough attention to even notice, and if they did, very few are so uppity that they would actually come over and ask you to delete it. annarosita anna Post Count: 3 Msg: #4 73 days ago, September 8th 2009 | I think people should consider NOT taking pictures without the persons consent ANYWHERE in teh world. How would you like a total stranger taking pictures of your kid at the mall? Would'nt that upset you? Or take pictures at you while you are parking, talking on the phone, working? | People should really start thinking that its not our right to do whatever we want, anytime and anywhere. Theres limits to everything. Take pictures at statues and churches ( with limits), buildings, animals, parks, fish. I doubt that many people that take pictures of the native woman in Guatamala, without asking, would take a picture of a crip or blood in LA. Whaddya think? Mell Mell Post Count: 13894 Msg: #5 73 days ago, September 9th 2009 |  Whaddya think? I think if a person shows annoyance, or states an objection then dont take the photos. Otherwise, not everybody minds having their pic snapped and it may be overly cautious to presume that everybody objects to the same as what we ourselves object to. Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 5 | ||||||||||||||
