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Furthermore, the faux olde timey look is far past its prime.
[1] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/01/22/how-tos/re...
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Because the creator wasn't an American puritan of the 21st century millennial variety (or someone thinking like one) who considers candid street photography (an art with a huge tradition) as "creep-shots" or considers human depictions dirty. Never mind the photographer being herself a woman.
Being a creep is not an exclusive male privilege
Everybody that dares to cast an eye on us (man or woman as you added), without knowing us in advance (or even then) without some kind of formal consent, is suddenly "a creep". It's a sign that we forgot how to function and co-exist in a society -- with other people all around us. Everything is about our little personal space boxes...
At the same time, we publicly exhibit more and more of our bodies and lives every day on several platforms (including of our kids and pets and inanimate possessions), and at the same time we protest more than any other time when someone mind consider us a worthy subject for street photography while in public view...
We have a word for this in my country, which roughly translates as "a person who can't stand to have any intra-personal/social interaction, and on such an occasion acts as if they were bitten by a fly". The dictionary translates it as "touchy", but doesn't capture the full richness of it. In any case, everybody is extra touchy nowadays.
Somewhat related: One of my favorite Youtube channels is Rambalac. It's just videos of walking through various places in Japan, from crowded streets to peaceful natural areas. No voiceover or explanations - almost every video is as if a video camera were moving around on its own and recording everything it saw (occasionally he interacts with things). Super relaxing to have on in the background, and really cool to wat…
I live in Tokyo and wish I could see it through the eyes of someone new here again. I can see it in these videos, but when I walk through the city I'm too used to it and my brain drowns out all of these things.
You can not have a thread about Tokyo snapshots without mentioning Daido Moriyama[1][2]. :) [1] https://www.moriyamadaido.com/en/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daid%C5%8D_Moriyama
Also the Provoke magazine and all the people that participated on it (like Moriyama). Specially Takuma Nakahira.
I can't see anything "vivid" on those pictures, honestly.
Me neither. They seemed badly framed and intruisive to many of the subjects. Street photography demands some respect for privacy or at least more discreet shooting
I found out when some guy had some bunnies out on a Sunday is Shinjuku. I went to take pictures and was told angrily "NO PICTURES". I thought it was silly that he'd say that when we was displaying his bunnies in public but I looked up the law and found by Japanese law it's the illegal.
Somewhat related: One of my favorite Youtube channels is Rambalac. It's just videos of walking through various places in Japan, from crowded streets to peaceful natural areas. No voiceover or explanations - almost every video is as if a video camera were moving around on its own and recording everything it saw (occasionally he interacts with things). Super relaxing to have on in the background, and really cool to wat…
I've been desperately looking for stuff like this :) will surely be watching Rambalac from now on
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Being a creep is not an exclusive male privilege
Being a "creep" is an ill-defined, all-too-often prudish notion, of "anybody doing anything someone might be offended by" especially when it involves not being totally isolated but having an interest in people around you e.g. as art subjects for street photography. Everybody that dares to cast an eye on us (man or woman as you added), without knowing us in advance (or even then) without some kind of formal consent, i…
Except that we're (we in a general terms, I've stopped posting photos on social media years ago) choosing which pictures we're posting, where and with what filters (public or friends only).
For me the creep will be the person who keep looking at the same person, not just taking a look.
I can't see anything "vivid" on those pictures, honestly.
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Being a creep is not an exclusive male privilege
Being a "creep" is an ill-defined, all-too-often prudish notion, of "anybody doing anything someone might be offended by" especially when it involves not being totally isolated but having an interest in people around you e.g. as art subjects for street photography. Everybody that dares to cast an eye on us (man or woman as you added), without knowing us in advance (or even then) without some kind of formal consent, i…
Speak for yourself. There isn't a single image of me anywhere on the internet. Am I not entitled to keep it that way?
I can't see anything "vivid" on those pictures, honestly.