Daily Monomad Challenge #37
"This is my entry for the #monomad challenge."
Street photography in my country these days is nothing like the street photography of several years ago, I used to go out with my camera and enjoy taking pictures of people, many people would see you and identify you as a photographer and ask you to take pictures of them.
Today it is not like that, the introduction of social media has changed people's way of thinking, many people express themselves on Facebook, transmitting ideas and thoughts that annoy politicians...eye.... I am not going to talk about politics, it is not of my interest.
I just want to say that people see you with a camera in the street and think that the photos are intended for that purpose, it is not the first time that I go out to take photos and someone comes up to you telling you that you cannot take photos in that area, or you arrive at a museum and the boss comes out asking you who you are, what you want the photos for and after he asks and asks, he ends up saying that you cannot take photos in the museum.
This is really frustrating for the photographer who only sees photos as the art of keeping a memory or transmitting a story through his work.
Why I tell you all this, because it has happened to me, it is a way to talk to you and convey how complex street photography is in certain countries, that's why my last posts have been more focused on nature and its details.
I will continue to practice street photography by focusing my lens on architecture and nature, avoiding contact with people and the inconvenience that my photos may cause them.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Times change and we must update ourselves. There are many things that we used to see well and now we don't. The topic of social networks is something that I don't like very much. People are happy or laughing at a time when they really aren't... As for photographs, I think I once read that people's faces have a kind of copyright or author's permissions. When a person's face is published, you have to ask for permission first. Standing up is fine, but in a certain part it is not. When we post our face on social media there is a part of the terms and conditions that says that our image no longer belongs to us... So, it's those legal limbos. I really liked the photos and your post. A lot of reflection
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