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Just one thing i've realized by looking at streetshots or documentary of people. There are photographers who think because they took a photo of someone, they can tell their story.
I think you should be careful with that. If you take photos of strangers, then leave it with that. I'm not saying that it's not interesting to interprete and let your mind imagine possible stories of people. That's a good thing. Just don't give someone a story or judge how someone feels as an author, just because he/she is in your frame.
Sometimes it just seems that the photographer tries hard to make a bland photorgaph more striking and the situaton seem more important and special by inventing a story or emotionalize by using strong words to make the viewer connect with the person - but for me that's just distressing.
I've seen a lot of people doing this and getting good feedback for their way of interpreting things and capturing life, which is obviously good feedback for judging foreigners and putting these in different contexts and stories.
Of course it's not something we only find in photography. It's in all of us but it just shows when we talk about foreigners like that. It's a sensitive topic.
Taking photos of strangers doesn't give anyone the power or position to judge and when you have a boring photo, inventing stories and using strong words to emotionalize are signs for weak photographic qualities and overestimation of one's own capabilities.
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there's no point debating with certain photographers because they just don't get it. it's a waste of time and they won't get any use out of it anyways. they'd rather hear the same standard comment over and over again from their followers saying "awesome", even though they claim otherwise.
well.. it's a waste of time for the discussion but sometimes it's good to be able to communicate your views, just the process of finding the words to describe your ideas and defend your position.
after all i'm often doing this when i'm bored or lacking motivation.. i gotta do something !
They'll never know that for a single moment a frame held them together...
Whoa dude, mind blown.
(lol)
On the other hand, you could argue that if we were able to talk about images so well then we would not need to take them at all.
I think people crave information when it comes to street photography because the photographer is of course in the scene themselves. The ghostly presence can be fascinating..more fascinating than the subject sometimes.
what i mean is people who don't write about the photo but about the people on the photo.
i ofter describe the situation i was in when i captured a photo but i'd never be so arrogant to claim i'd know these people's lives or stories. that's what i'm criticising.
Though I'll admit, in regards to my own images - sometimes the story is better than the photo - and sometimes it's the contrary...but that doesn't make it any less fun, or less of a challenge.
of course - and that's not what i'm talking about. what i mean is people who don't write about the photo but about the people on the photo.
i ofter describe the situation i was in when i captured a photo but i'd never be so arrogant to claim i'd know these people's lives or stories. that's what i'm criticising.