Reply #2 - April 10, 2010, 06:09:55 PM
I don't think there is anything wrong with public photography, as I seem to find most of the photographs I view today as part of that particular category. It's commonly known as reportage, I think, and I would like to participate in it, too. I do respect people's privacy and the situation regarding private property, and so it wouldn't hurt to ask some people that are going to end up being in the shot or at least making them less recognizable. I know that you would always need a model release every time you shoot someone with a distinguishable feature, such as a certain tattoo or the actual face of the person, but not always for a group shot in public property. I'm glad that in the US photographers still have the right to shoot public areas and hope it would stay that way. I'm surprised that most people who should know better could even possibly consider photography as an act of terrorism when it isn't at all harmful. If someone was to do a motivation to prove that to the public, I would definitely join it because I think some of the greatest shots I've seen come from public photography/reportage.
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