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If we did not make photography of life... there would be no visual document for future generations... if every shot was requested, we'd have no shots of life as it happens... everything would be staged and formal... its anyone's right to make an image and not for one second do I think street photography is a modern obsession... Bresson being one prime example of creative photography in a street environment... to compare a photographer shooting life, as it happens to invasions of personal data like number recognition or CCTV, which hold no historical or sociological merits I find a little out of context...
Of course if someone adamantly pursues you to request not taking an image, you refrain from doing so... that's good manners... but to imply any street photography and always requesting is discourteous or implies a lack of another individuals privacy... that's a little over the top... Martin Parr for example, never uses model release for his street work... I've always found a smile or a thumbs up does the trick if someone see's you taking an image... that and showing them the image and explaining what you're doing and why.
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