New Street Photography Gallery from Europe
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View a new gallery of Street Photography from Europe. On my recent trip to Germany, I did not feel quite as comfortable photographing people as I did in San Francisco. I was not sure how people would react, so I took a slightly different approach. I kept a little bit more distance between myself and my subjects, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible. Therefore, the style of the photos looks a little different than my previous street photography attempts. Probably owing to the discouragement of people I was with, who would not understand why someone would be interested in photographing strangers, the material was rather thin. I still managed to put together a Gallery of 27 street photos for your enjoyment. I am even happy with some of them, like the picture of the young couple featured in this article. The scene could be taken right out of an advertisement spot, probably for a phone company or a perfume.
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Permission?
Nice pictures, but did you ask those people if it was OK to take pictures of them (and publish them on the net)? You may have, but I couldn't see you mention it. Anyway, I personally think it is good practice to ask for permission before (or after) taking pictures of strangers and especially before publishing them on the net.
Yup
Although it is good practice and sometimes I would even do so, I generally prefer not to ask permission, as this would spoil the candid nature. Do you think the couple would have behaved as natural?
In many countries it is perfectly legal to take photos of strangers in public places. By that account it simply has to be legal, as people also walk into your picture unintentionally.
I do know that the law in France says otherwise, but in most other countries its perfectly alright and an accepted practice for many street photographers.
Pictures can be published if they are not being taken out of context, to represent a group of people or for advertisement. As a form of art is is o.k. to do so and even to sell them as art (again the law varies slightly from country to country).
The issue is much larger, considering that you also don't give your consent to being videotaped by security and surveillance cameras or the police.
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