Ethics in Photography with Strangers: A Personal Note
I try to shoot pictures every day and today I wanted to share a note about one.
In or Out is the same for me, I cumulate a lot of shoots every day. There are days that I need to go out and push the boundaries.
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By the way, some days ago I was totally in the mood to push myself, I wanted to go straight to the face of the people in the street, call me an asshole if you want, but I won't feel the fear to approach the wrong person, I want to feel the adrenaline, to shoot with a flash in front of someone and see the reaction, mine and of the person.
I have shot this picture, straight to the face of this guy. I didn’t want to hurt him, let’s be clear…
I realized that was the right subject to shoot with the flash on the face. If I did the same stuff with an Arab or a German, I would definitely have a discussion or a fight in the worst case.
I took the shoot and I continued to walk, and the guy was shaking, he didn’t know what to do in that situation. If someone would do the same with me I would be happy to see the result.
But never happened to me that someone after something like that, would stop me and say: hey, show me the picture, I’m curious… Most people stop me and ask to cancel the picture, I ask myself why?
I’m the kind of Creator and Photographer, that doesn’t have an image in mind, rarely. I have an idea, a feeling, and an intention, but not the final image, if I would have the final image, probably i would start to draw or paint again.
I want the unpredictable moment in front of me, I want a bit dive into the shit and see if I find the gold. This is for the Creativity, this is for the photography, this is for life, no other way than this one.
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