Dan Scott wrote: > > I applaud Glen's good works. But I don't know that good works earn > anyone the right or an entitlement to photograph someone else. I > understand that being in public entails being seen in public, but when > you are homeless you have no privacy and no choice. You can't escape. > > If you are sick, dirty, hungry and cold, you can't pop home, throw your > vomit/diarrhea stained clothing into the wash and make yourself > presentable. Unless you are fortunate enough to loose your mind, you > are entirely aware of how wretched your condition is and your > powerlessness to raise yourself out of it. When someone comes along > looking for something interesting to shoot, their interest in you is > most likely in exploiting your misery for their benefit. > > I think that is wrong.
Dan, That was beautifully expressed, and you have my wholehearted support for your views. Exploitation is precisely what this is. John
