I can get political debate elsewhere. This is a photo list. I generally post pics that interest me, for any number of reasons. When I post a photo all I want to do is share a bit of my vision, something I saw that caught my attention and that interested me. As has been stated just recently, what those on the list do with it is their business. True, I do have something of a social conscience, and some of my photos reflect that, but that's not to say I want to start a debate about social issues. This forum is not the best place for that. Rather, such photos will, perhaps, get the viewer to think about the issues they perceive, and maybe take action according to their own conscience and beliefs.
I seem to have developed a reputation of making photos of homeless and impoverished people, and that I am a "street shooter" (a term which I abhor, BTW), and, some feel that I am taking advantage of the people I photograph, or that I am intruding on their lives and invading their privacy. This is all such bullshit. There is rarely a photo that I take in which the shot has been sneaky, in which the people have not been engaged in some way. You will notice that, with rare exception, my subjects are looking directly into the camera, or have been photographed from a close enough position that they know (and approve) of what I'm doing. If one were to look at all the photos I've posted here you'd see a broad range of subjects, many light hearted and perhaps funny (to me, anyway). The homeless photos are decidedly in a minority. What is interesting, however, is that so many remember only the photos of the disenfranchised, see me mostly as a photographer of poverty . I suppose that means the few photos I've posted on those subjects have had an impact, have been strong images, or bad enough images, that they are remembered. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 18/10/04, Caveman, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Except you don't post them here with the intention of starting a > >social/political debate. > > This is true, but do you honestly believe that Shel posts such pics to > start such debates? Maybe I am being naive?
