RE: [PHOTO] Taking pictures through dirty train windows #10
You DID that one!? How thrilling. What other trips are there still left to do!? You seem exceptionally well travelled so you probably have done the Himalayas, too, but then I want to see some cows on the tracks (after your sheep on the roads): Himalayan Queen -Route: Kalka (Haryana) to Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).
Otherwise, how about a photo documentary about the Rotterdam metro? I have a question b.t.w.. I am very eager to hear your opinion. What is your professional take on photographing people in such (semi-)public circumstances? (technically metro is not public domain, someone told me). Would you need premission to publish from everyone in the picture? In a discussion recently (between hobbyists) there was a divided opinon regards privacy and legal positions.
Yes, I DID THAT ONE! And it was thrilling indeed. I haven't been to the Himalayas yet, I would have reached it if I didn't have an accident which caused me to break off my sabbatical that should have taken 9 months, but instead lasted for 'only' 2. (If interested in the story, my first posts tell this in detail.)
A photo documentary about local transport is a great idea actually :-)
As for photographing people, which I've done a lot as I used to be an enthusiastic street photographer: in the Netherlands at least streets are public spaces and you can take pictures of people and publish those without permission. I believe in Europe only Hungary has an official law that says you have to ask for permission before taking a picture of a person on the streets.
Privacy only comes up in rare cases: if a person is in a specific profession and has been photographed in a 'damaging' situation they might win in court to let a photographer remove the picture from media, but they will have to do a very convincing argument as to why that picture would damage their professional/private life.
I personally keep rules for myself: I never ask (this ruins that moment I wanted to take the picture off), if the person notices me I smile and wave and if they seem interested I approach them to show them my picture and give them my business card so they can contact me to get a copy of the picture. If the person doesn't notice I often let it go.
Lastly, if I feel I would personally be embarrassed if someone published a picture of me in the same context I don't publish it either.
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