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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces
Here's a couple I have taken that taken that show people in their private space Those people are really just a small part of the pic, but it borderlines on invasion of privacy. Some people might think it is.
New York City by Surrealplaces, on Flickr
New York City by Surrealplaces, on Flickr
And then there's this one..... You can't even make out anyone in the pic, but I still got an annoying message on Flickr from someone saying that I was a peeping Tom, and a pervert lol!.
Urban Windows by Surrealplaces, on Flickr
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All of these are reasonable because:
1st image is an exterior shot of a building, not technically showing a person on the interior.
2nd image is of a business that clearly advertises its purpose with an unobstructed window...very simlar to what is considered a window display
3rd image is a cityscape shot. It's what anyone would see and not focusing in on anyone's unit in particular.
The artist is a jerk. He crossed the line of ethics. It's beyond a quick snapshopt but very calculated intentions. It's like looking through the view peephole of someone's door. He's spending time watching these people. Good photographers typically spend time setting up shots. I'm sure he's probably got tons of photos of stuff that couldn't legally make it into a gallery.
I live in a highrise next to other highrises in Chicago and I've gotten used to that common courtesy that you just don't stare into other buildings. For those of us in older buildings with windows inside our showers this behavior is even more unsettling.
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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces
Here's my thoughts on how to set some guidelines. The criteria for what constitutes invasion of privacy could be determined by the percentage of window or doorway that is part of the invasion of privacy, or maybe a percentage of the actual person. It could be say....5% or less, and if that was the case it would be hard to get a closeup picture of someone.
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I believe any sort of written criteria centers on enhanced photography. Use of a high power telephoto lens to get close up photos of a building across the street is a major intrusion of privacy. Snapping a photo with minimal zoom, in a fleeting moment not so much. Anything that would be caught in the image would be totally by chance. As i mentioned before, carefully setting up a shot and watching these people for what I imagine to be...hours...is totally different and very creepy.