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A grab shot through plexiglass from a shanty set up by the Taco tcuck owners for dining.

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Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Post-trek exhaustion.  Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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This thread almost went to page 2.  Posting this Street Shot to keep that from happening

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People and facades.... Akihabara, Tokyo, May 26, 2019

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Waterhole aka Dry Dock under the Shinbashi Bridge, Tokyo, May 26, 2019

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7 hours ago, Likaleica said:

This thread almost went to page 2.  Posting this Street Shot to keep that from happening

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I like the sign that says "Beware of Owner".  

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Memorial Day Weekend #1 The pigeons find the shade.

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Memorial Day Weekend #2 - The watcher waits and remembers.

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Memorial Day Weekend #3 - Everyone heads to the river.

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On 3/9/2019 at 11:05 AM, Likaleica said:

Great discussion above on the ethics of street photography, punctuated by those two pictures by Wonzo that sort of drive the point.  And great photos, Paul.  If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?  If a photograph is made on the street does the subject know he/she is exploited?  Where is the ethical line?  Homeless?  Mentally impaired?  Children?  Personally, I love the freedom most countries give to photographers to photograph people, and if my subject is aware that I made a photo of them I generally will show them the back of the camera (one advantage of digital) to let them know what I'm doing and even give them my card if they want to email me (assuming they have a device) for a small file.  

I'm not a prolific street photographer but I can only remember a couple of times when a person was upset I took their picture, and I was able to diffuse it by just talking with them.  I do think that street photograph is important to show future generations what our world was like, just as we go back and look at street photographs from the early 20th century, although I always feel uncomfortable looking at Paul Strand's photograph of the blind woman.

As for the other aspect, disparity of income, I am reminded of Steve McCurry's photograph of the Afghan girl, Sharab Gula.  He made that with her implicit consent then profited an undisclosed but presumably high amount.  When he went back to see her, National Geographic spent a ton of money finding her and she still was destitute.  Is that fair?  A photographer and a magazine made a fortune off of this woman and I cannot find any account where they tried to help her financially.  If they did, it probably was disproportionate to what they made.  To me, that is exploitation.

Everyone is free to create their own problems. I do not photograph mentally or any kind of impaired.

And I have nothing to show to them. Most of my street photography is done with M4-2 or other film cameras.

Here is no exploitation as long as you know public photography rules.

For example in Canada, if you take photo and use it for commercial, then it is braking of the law. If you are posting here, no exploitation. 

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Backstreet near Shinbashi Station, Tokyo

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Plain People, Yurakucho, Tokyo

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Thai reflections, Shinagawa/Tokyo

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