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To be honest I love the back and forth between opinions of this subject. There truly isnt a perfect answer or philosophy. As for me, ultimately, I think its ideal to ask for consent, but so many people say no. Can we blame them though? I really just want to make cool comfy black and whites of people across America. But they dont know that. For all they know I could be malicious. What makes this really intense for me is that i personally cant stand landscape photography and most portrait photography thats uninspired. Like, I love xiuxiukong portraits but most portraits are boring , even exotic ones. So that leaves me with 3 options that I love , experimental , street, and finally "time and place", ala historical photos. What got me into photography the most was probably the hundreds of photos from the Pacific war , showing these realities for soldiers that dont even seem to be reality they were so strange or surreal. Obviously I cant do stuff like that right now unless i go to Ukraine (who has a depressing lack of kino photos) so that leaves me with experimental and street. Experimental is the art of art , and I can only sometimes have a vision. Therefore, all that's left is street. I am aware that people need privacy or rather, want privacy. But I'm also aware that public spaces are the heart of society and need to be properly documented. If street was universally illegal, we wouldn't have things like pictures of shibuya crossing and the metaphor it creates over how large, sophisticated, and complex, human society has become. So I absolutely want wide shots to always exist. But what about candid? Consent is great but often the old people dont want to be bothered despite making excellent subjects. Such a dilemma. Pictured-assault troops during the siege of shanghai.
