Real world? I don't think you can get more real than some of the street shots on display - that's the nature of the genre, some of them a little too uncomfortably real for some I would guess.
By that same token, do I take it you don't like to visit any exhibitions, read books or look at other people's photography for fear of copying?
I think we are all inspired by each other, and whether you do it consciously or not we are all copying from one thing or another, from our experiences, what we've been exposed to and what we take in on a daily basis will all go towards to inspiring your own work.
